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What does Fahrenheit mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Fahrenheit? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Describing a temperature scale originally defined as having 0 °F as the lowest temperature obtainable with a mixture of ice and salt, and 96 °F as the temperature of the human body, and now defined with 32 °F equal to 0 °C, and each degree Fahrenheit equal to 5/9 of a degree Celsius or 5/9 kelvin.
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But walking down the Strip and downtown in daytime during summer is not much fun as the temperature can easily reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Pressure from the miles-thick ice actually reduces the freezing point to 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
For example, a student knows that 32 degrees Fahrenheit is freezing and is equal to 0 degrees Celsius.
But whether you calculate in Fahrenheit or Celsius, the overall winner is usually selected by a matter of shades and degrees.
The air temperature inside the largest natatorium ever built for swimming is a constant 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
There were several days of temperatures 20-25 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit.

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