1) Fahrenheit temperature scale. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...Fahrenheit temperature scale, (far´nhit´) (KEY) , temperature scale in which the temperature difference between two reference temperatures, the melting and boiling...
2) Fahrenheit. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Fahrenheit A temperature scale according to which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. The scale was devised by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, an instrument...
3) Fahrenheit, Gabriel Daniel. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the
English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...German-born physicist who invented the mercury thermometer (1714) and devised the Fahrenheit temperature scale....
4) Fahrenheit. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...as 212° at one atmosphere of pressure. See table at measurement. After Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit....
5) Fahrenheit. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...Fahrenheit (FAIR-uhn-heyet) A temperature scale, used primarily in the United States, in which the freezing point of water is 32 degrees and the boiling point 212...
6) F 2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...1. Fahrenheit 2. fail 3. farad 4. female 5. Genetics filial generation 6. foul 7. franc 8. Friday...
7) degree. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...measurement of angles, 1/360 of a circle. In physics , a unit of temperature (see Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin scale). A degree on the Fahrenheit scale is smaller...
8) Freezing-point. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...We generally mean by this expression that degree of Fahrenheit s thermometer which indicates the temperature of frozen water-viz. 32 above zero. If we mean any other...
9) 21757. Essex, Harry. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:21757 QUOTATION:Did you know, Putnam, that more murders are committed at 92 Fahrenheit than any other temperature? I read an article once. Lower temperatures,...
10) Rankine temperature scale. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...which temperatures do not exist, and using a degree of the same size as that used by the Fahrenheit temperature scale. Absolute zero, or 0°R, is the temperature at...
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