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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 whether you calculate in Fahrenheit or Celsius, the overall winner is usually selected by a matter of shades and degrees.
For example, a student knows that 32 degrees Fahrenheit is freezing and is equal to 0 degrees Celsius.
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.
The air temperature inside the largest natatorium ever built for swimming is a constant 79 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Fahrenheit and Celsius scales are based on two fixed points, the Kelvin and Rankine scales are based on one.
The water trickling from the mine has a pH of about 0.8 and a temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit.

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