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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAHRENHEIT SCALE

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Fahrenheit scale is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FAHRENHEIT SCALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fahrenheit scale

Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, after whom the scale is named. On Fahrenheit's original scale the lower defining point was the lowest temperature to which he could reproducibly cool brine, while the highest was that of the average human core body temperature. There exist several stories on the exact original definition of his scale; however, some of the specifics have been presumed lost or exaggerated with time. The scale is now usually defined by two fixed points: the temperature at which water freezes into ice is defined as 32 degrees, and the boiling point of water is defined to be 212 degrees, a 180 degree separation, as defined at sea level and standard atmospheric pressure. By the end of the 20th century, most countries used the Celsius scale rather than the Fahrenheit scale. Fahrenheit remains the official scale for the following countries: the Bahamas, Belize, the Cayman Islands, Palau, and the United States and associated territories. Canada retains it as a supplementary scale that can be used alongside Celsius.

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FAI
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WORDS THAT END LIKE FAHRENHEIT SCALE

Beaufort scale
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Synonyms and antonyms of Fahrenheit scale in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Fahrenheit scale» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAHRENHEIT SCALE

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Translator English - Chinese

华氏温标
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escala Fahrenheit
570 millions of speakers

English

Fahrenheit scale
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फारेनहाइट पैमाने
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مقياس فهرنهايت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шкала Фаренгейта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escala Fahrenheit
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফারেনহাইট স্কেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Fahrenheit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skala Fahrenheit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fahrenheit-Skala
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

華氏スケール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화씨
85 millions of speakers

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Ukuran Fahrenheit
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Fahrenheit
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாரன்ஹீட் அளவுகோல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फॅरेनहाइट स्केल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Fahrenheit ölçek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scala Fahrenheit
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skala Fahrenheita
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шкала Фаренгейта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scară Fahrenheit
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κλίμακα Φαρενάιτ
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Fahrenheit-skaal
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Fahrenheitskalan
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Fahrenheit skala
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Fahrenheit scale

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAHRENHEIT SCALE»

Discover the use of Fahrenheit scale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Fahrenheit scale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Essential Laboratory Mathematics: Concepts and Applications ...
The Standard Temperature Scales There are three temperature scales in common use in the United States: the Fahrenheit. Celsius, and Kelvin temperature scales. The United States is the only country that still uses the Fahrenheit scale and, ...
Catherine W. Johnson (MAed/Math.), Catherine W. Johnson, Daniel L. Timmons, 2003
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College Physics: Reasoning and Relationships
On the Fahrenheit scale, these processes occur at 32°F and 212°F, respectively, referred to as “32 degrees Fahrenheit” and so on. On the Kelvin scale, these temperatures are 273.15 K and 373.15 K, respectively. These values are referred to ...
Nicholas Giordano, 2009
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Math Word Problems the Easy Way
In the United States and in English-speaking countries, temperature is generally measured on the Fahrenheit scale. The rest of the world measures heat in Celsius (or Centigrade). The Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius developed the  ...
David Ebner, 2002
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Math and Meds for Nurses
In the United States the Fahrenheit scale is still used, although the Celsius scale, which is used in most other parts of the world, is becoming fairly common. To indicate which scale is being used, a temperature measured on the Fahrenheit ...
Dolores F. Saxton, Norma Ercolano-O'Neill, Colleen Glavinspiehs, 2005
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New Scientist
As the Celsius scale is invariably used in scientific work, the International Practical Scale makes no mention of the Fahrenheit scale. The Fahrenheit scale of today differs somewhat from the original scale, and nowadays the temperature of the ...
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Dosage Calculations
The United States is a notable world exception in its continued use of the Fahrenheit scale. Since the United States is one of Canada's largest trading partners, many of Canada's household tools and equipment still indicate temperature in ...
Gloria D. Pickar, 2011
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Abolish the Fahrenheit thermometer
By the Fahrenheit scale there are about a hundred degrees experienced in our latitude, whereas by the centigrade there are only some 55. Every unit of the centigrade scale, therefore, becomes important and easily remembered, while the ...
Albert Johnson, 1916
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Chemistry: The Practical Science
The Fahrenheit scale was created by the German physicist Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in 1714. Fahrenheit used a mercury-based thermometer to define 0°F as the coldest temperature he could make from a mixture of water and ammonium ...
Paul B. Kelter, Michael D. Mosher, Andrew Scott, 2008
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Psychological Testing: Principles, Applications, and Issues
However, on the Fahrenheit scale, temperature does not have the property of absolute 0. If it did, then the 0 point would be more meaningful. As it is, 0 on the Fahrenheit scale does not have a particular meaning. Water freezes at 32°F and  ...
Robert Kaplan, Dennis Saccuzzo, 2012
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The elements of arithmetic in theory and practice: by John ...
Express 48° C. on the Fahrenheit scale. Solution. 100° C. = 180° Fahr. .-. 1° C.=f Fahr. .-. 48° C.=4f2° Fahr. = 86f Fahr. Hence, the result is 86f° Fahr. above freezing. .'. 48° C. = (86|° + 32°) Fahr.= 118f Fahr. Example 2. Express —20° C. on the ...
John William Hopkins, Patrick Healy Underwood, 1903

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAHRENHEIT SCALE»

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Researchers create coldest molecules – colder than interstellar space
... the lower limit of the thermodynamic temperature scale – −273.15° on the Celsius scale, which equates to −459.67° on the Fahrenheit scale. «ZME Science, Jun 15»
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Food safety is a concern for summertime camping
... in the Fahrenheit scale) and 140 degrees. The temperature range in between these two numbers is the "Danger Zone" when it comes to food. «Beatrice Daily Sun, May 15»
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JIM WORSDALE: Why do they have to keep changing everything?
The Fahrenheit scale survived through the ages, remember. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was a Polish-born physicist, engineer and glass-blower ... «Echo, May 15»
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Tenacious Topper's Blog: Fahrenheit
The Fahrenheit scale is the English unit and the Celsius scale is the metric unit, used first by the scientific community. The Fahrenheit scale ... «W*USA 9, May 15»
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What is the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics?
He also invented the Fahrenheit scale, which sets the freezing and boiling points of water as 32 degrees and 212 degrees, respectively, and is ... «Live Science, May 15»
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What Is Thermodynamics?
... The Fahrenheit scale is also based on the freezing and boiling points of water which have assigned values of 32 F and 212 F, respectively. «Live Science, May 15»
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Beyond the Reach Movie Review
... down as the coldest March on record in those parts of the Northeast afflicted with a steady reading of five degrees on the Fahrenheit scale. «Shockya.com, Apr 15»
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The difference between innovation and trendiness
... but you'll get my point): The invention of the modern mercury thermometer and the Fahrenheit scale (1724) and saccharometer (1770); Watt's ... «Albany Times Union, Apr 15»
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Coast to coast, climate to climate, present to past
... County wind farm for some footage of the wind turbines there, but given that it was 40 below on the Fahrenheit scale when we arrived and the ... «Ars Technica, Mar 15»
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Experts debate whether Celsius is the right choice
"The higher precision of the Fahrenheit scale is really worthless, and the thermometer attached to your house or car cannot measure with an ... «The Weather Network, Mar 15»

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