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Fahrenheit

fah·ren·heit

UK/ˈfæɹənhaɪt/ US/ˈfɛɹənhaɪt/ uncommon

noun

1.

German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736)

Origin

From German Fahrenheit, named after Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.

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