Fahrenheit

['færən'haɪt] 美式发音

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

(adj.) of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer; 'water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions' .

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• Fahrenheit for about two hours, which causes the boracic acid to dissolve and blend with the glycerine. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The friction caused the ice to melt, although the experiment was undertaken in a temperature of 29° Fahrenheit. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The thermometer in use in the United States is marked in this way and is called the Fahrenheit thermometer after its designer. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Edison had tested his tasimeter, and was satisfied that it would measure down to the millionth part of a degree Fahrenheit. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

校对:卢瑟