Fahrenheit
noun
It is a scale for measuring temperature, used mostly in the United States. Water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees in this scale.
The weather forecast predicts the high temperature today will be 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
Often appears as...
- degrees fahrenheit
- fahrenheit scale
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
It describes something relating to Fahrenheit scale.
My oven has a Fahrenheit option in the temperature settings.
Often appears as...
- fahrenheit scale
- fahrenheit temperature
Usage tips
Technical
noun
It is a scale for measuring temperature, used mostly in the United States. Water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees in this scale.
The weather forecast predicts the high temperature today will be 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
Often appears as...
- degrees fahrenheit
- fahrenheit scale
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
It describes something relating to Fahrenheit scale.
My oven has a Fahrenheit option in the temperature settings.
Often appears as...
- fahrenheit scale
- fahrenheit temperature
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3US Customary
Fahrenheit is primarily used in the United States, where metric Celsius is less common.
Tourists were surprised that the US forecast was in Fahrenheit.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Reports
In US media, temperatures for weather forecasts are given in Fahrenheit degrees.
The news said it would be a scorching 104 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Freezing Point
Remember, water freezes at 32°F, not 0. This differs from Celsius, where water freezes at 0°C.
The lake will freeze once the temperature drops to 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below.
Pro Tip 1/3US Customary
Fahrenheit is primarily used in the United States, where metric Celsius is less common.
Tourists were surprised that the US forecast was in Fahrenheit.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Reports
In US media, temperatures for weather forecasts are given in Fahrenheit degrees.
The news said it would be a scorching 104 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Freezing Point
Remember, water freezes at 32°F, not 0. This differs from Celsius, where water freezes at 0°C.
The lake will freeze once the temperature drops to 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below.
Pro Tip 1/3US Customary
Fahrenheit is primarily used in the United States, where metric Celsius is less common.
Tourists were surprised that the US forecast was in Fahrenheit.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Reports
In US media, temperatures for weather forecasts are given in Fahrenheit degrees.
The news said it would be a scorching 104 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow.
Pro Tip 3/3Freezing Point
Remember, water freezes at 32°F, not 0. This differs from Celsius, where water freezes at 0°C.
The lake will freeze once the temperature drops to 32 degrees Fahrenheit or below.
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Flooding A Desert PIPE Tiny...
nature of the world looks completely different and I think one of the excuses that shows that best is the flash flood sequence the Arizona desert is a remarkable place the temperatures there can hit over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit and that bakes the grounds so hard it becomes like almost like
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Safari Live - Day 284 PIPE...
Fahrenheit and well to find it leopard moving around in this time of day he must be very thirsty I don't think he's talking but he might and they were some Yana on her way up as I said and while he is definitely spotting something over there we're just above a dry riverbed so this
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An anti-hero of one's...
until we reach the bottom and meet the anti-hero. Contrary to the sound, the anti-hero is not the villain, not the antagonist. The anti-hero is actually the main character in some contemporary works of literature. Guy Montag in "Fahrenheit 451," Winston Smith in "1984,"
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9/11 Impact Anatomy PIPE...
direction so it takes fuel and oxygen coming in of course to add the fire the temperature here could have reached beyond 1200 degrees fahrenheit and that doesn't melt the steel it softens it and that softening makes the restraints
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
it's so quite where we are i'm looking at about being a mile or so away from where all these animals are and as you know lauren said we've got pretty warm temperatures i mean when we talk over 85 degrees fahrenheit
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Oceans 101 PIPE National...
not only warms the planet, but also raises the temperature of the world's oceans. Over the past century, the ocean's surface temperature rose at an average rate at about .13 degrees fahrenheit
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Imagining Pluto PIPE...
Fahrenheit is as cold as it can theoretically get summer days aren't much warmer but it's during this time when Pluto's fragile atmosphere comes to life and is eroded
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Volcanoes 101 PIPE National...
now above ground this magma is referred to as lava and it can reach temperatures of over 2000 degrees fahrenheit in addition to lava volcanoes may erupt
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How science fiction can...
In 1953, Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," forecast earbuds, "thimble radios," in his words. And in A Space Odyssey,"
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Fox Dives Head First in...
energy their thick coats can insulate them down to minus 20 fahrenheit it's now minus 40.
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Flooding A Desert PIPE Tiny...
nature of the world looks completely different and I think one of the excuses that shows that best is the flash flood sequence the Arizona desert is a remarkable place the temperatures there can hit over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit and that bakes the grounds so hard it becomes like almost like
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Safari Live - Day 284 PIPE...
Fahrenheit and well to find it leopard moving around in this time of day he must be very thirsty I don't think he's talking but he might and they were some Yana on her way up as I said and while he is definitely spotting something over there we're just above a dry riverbed so this
Video examples
An anti-hero of one's...
until we reach the bottom and meet the anti-hero. Contrary to the sound, the anti-hero is not the villain, not the antagonist. The anti-hero is actually the main character in some contemporary works of literature. Guy Montag in "Fahrenheit 451," Winston Smith in "1984,"
Video examples
9/11 Impact Anatomy PIPE...
direction so it takes fuel and oxygen coming in of course to add the fire the temperature here could have reached beyond 1200 degrees fahrenheit and that doesn't melt the steel it softens it and that softening makes the restraints
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
it's so quite where we are i'm looking at about being a mile or so away from where all these animals are and as you know lauren said we've got pretty warm temperatures i mean when we talk over 85 degrees fahrenheit
Video examples
Oceans 101 PIPE National...
not only warms the planet, but also raises the temperature of the world's oceans. Over the past century, the ocean's surface temperature rose at an average rate at about .13 degrees fahrenheit
Video examples
Imagining Pluto PIPE...
Fahrenheit is as cold as it can theoretically get summer days aren't much warmer but it's during this time when Pluto's fragile atmosphere comes to life and is eroded
Video examples
Volcanoes 101 PIPE National...
now above ground this magma is referred to as lava and it can reach temperatures of over 2000 degrees fahrenheit in addition to lava volcanoes may erupt
Video examples
How science fiction can...
In 1953, Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," forecast earbuds, "thimble radios," in his words. And in A Space Odyssey,"
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Fox Dives Head First in...
energy their thick coats can insulate them down to minus 20 fahrenheit it's now minus 40.
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Patti Davis
American Celebrity
September 11 either made me love this country or it made me realize how much I already did. I think it's the latter. Seeing "Fahrenheit 9/11" made me think deeply about love of country - how it molds us, drives and emboldens us and how it can sometimes make us so angry, we want to shout out to the world: 'No, this is wrong.
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John Sayles
American Director
Fahrenheit 9/11 took public domain information that should have been on the news every night and put it in a film that a lot of people went to see. But still Bush has never had to answer those charges.
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Patti Davis
American Celebrity
September 11 either made me love this country or it made me realize how much I already did. I think it's the latter. Seeing "Fahrenheit 9/11" made me think deeply about love of country - how it molds us, drives and emboldens us and how it can sometimes make us so angry, we want to shout out to the world: 'No, this is wrong.
Quote examples
John Sayles
American Director
Fahrenheit 9/11 took public domain information that should have been on the news every night and put it in a film that a lot of people went to see. But still Bush has never had to answer those charges.
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