Fahrenheit scale

Fahrenheit scale
(F) a temperature scale, obsolescent but still commonly used in the United States, in which the lowest temperature attainable by a freezing mixture of ice and salt is denoted as 0° and the normal temperature of the human body was originally denoted as 96°. Fresh water freezes at about 32° and boils at about 212° under average atmospheric pressure. See also Celsius s. and Appendix 6 for Celsius-Fahrenheit, Fahrenheit-Celsius equivalents.

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