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Fahrenheit scale

Fahrenheit scale noun: a scale for measuring temperature, with the freezing point of water defined as 32 degrees (32 °F) and the boiling point of water defined as 212 degrees (212 °F).

Noun

Fahrenheit scale (uncountable)

  1. A scale for measuring temperature, with the freezing point of water defined as 32 degrees (32 °F) and the boiling point of water defined as 212 degrees (212 °F).

Fahrenheit scale meaning in Hindi and Tamil

Fahrenheit scale in Hindi

Fahrenheit scale
फ़ारेन्हाइट fārenhāiṭ

Fahrenheit scale in Tamil

ஃபாரன்ஹீட் அளவை, பரனைற்றளவுத்திட்டம்

Origin of Fahrenheit scale

Named after the physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who invented the scale.

Questions about Fahrenheit scale

What does Fahrenheit scale mean?
Fahrenheit scale means a scale for measuring temperature, with the freezing point of water defined as 32 degrees (32 °F) and the boiling point of water defined as 212 degrees (212 °F).
What is Fahrenheit scale in Hindi?
Fahrenheit scale in Hindi is फ़ारेन्हाइट (fārenhāiṭ). See Fahrenheit scale meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Fahrenheit scale?
Fahrenheit scale is a noun.

Words near Fahrenheit scale in the dictionary

  1. Fahr
  2. Fahr disease
  3. Fahr's syndrome
  4. Fahr.
  5. Fahrenheit
  6. Fahrenheit scale
  7. Fahringer
  8. Fahrner
  9. Fahrners
  10. Fahrs
  11. fahrvergnuegen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Fahrenheit scale (page history and authors); फ़ारेन्हाइट (Hindi) (page history and authors); fahrenheit scale (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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