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FAHRENHEIT SCALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fahrenheit scale mean?
• FAHRENHEIT SCALE (noun)
The noun FAHRENHEIT SCALE has 1 sense:
1. a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
Familiarity information: FAHRENHEIT SCALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("Fahrenheit scale" is a kind of...):
temperature scale (a system of measuring temperature)
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