Fahrenheit (disambiguation) — Fahrenheit may refer to: *Gabriel Fahrenheit, a German physicist *Fahrenheit, the temperature scale *Fahrenheit (album), an album by Toto *Fahrenheit (comics), a comic book character *Fahrenheit (cologne), a cologne made by Christian Dior… … Wikipedia
Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel — ▪ German physicist born May 24, 1686, Gdańsk, Pol. died Sept. 16, 1736, The Hague, Dutch Republic [now in The Netherlands] German physicist and maker of scientific instruments. He is best known for inventing the alcohol thermometer (1709)… … Universalium
Fahrenheit — /far euhn huyt /; Ger. /fahrdd euhn huyt /, n. 1. Gabriel Daniel Ger. /gah brddee el dah nee el /, 1686 1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers. adj. 2. noting, pertaining to, or… … Universalium
Fahrenheit temperature scale — scale based on 32° for the freezing point of water and 212° for the boiling point of water, the interval between the two being divided into 180 equal parts. The 18th century German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (Fahrenheit, Daniel… … Universalium
Fahrenheit — Fah ren*heitprop. a. [G.] Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit s thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to {celsius}. n. The Fahrenheit thermometer or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fahrenheit thermometer — Fahrenheit Fah ren*heitprop. a. [G.] Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit s thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to {celsius}. n. The Fahrenheit… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fahrenheit — [fer′ən hīt΄] adj. [after G. D. Fahrenheit (1686 1736), Ger physicist who devised the scale] designating or of a thermometer on which 32° is the freezing point and 212° is the boiling point of water: abbrev. F: the formula for converting a… … English World dictionary
Fahrenheit — 1753, named for Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686 1736), Prussian physicist who proposed the scale in 1714. An abstract surname meaning lit. experience … Etymology dictionary
Fahrenheit — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ of or denoting a scale of temperature on which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°. ORIGIN named after the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686 1736) … English terms dictionary
Fahrenheit — For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). Thermometer with Fahrenheit and Celsius units Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the Dutch German Polish physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736).[ … Wikipedia
