Fahrenheit
USFA-ruhn-hyt/ˈfæɹənhaɪt/
- 1Used to describe a temperature scale where water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.
Like using inches instead of centimeters: a different way to measure the same thing.
Most American thermometers show the temperature on the Fahrenheit scale.
She set the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit before baking.
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Origin
From German Fahrenheit. It is named after the Prussian scientist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.