Fahrenheit scale
Noun
Meaning
a temperature scale that defines the freezing point of water as 32 degrees and the boiling point of water a 212 degrees
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As body temperature varies, the Fahrenheit scale was later changed to use an upper fixed point of boiling water at convert.
The Fahrenheit scale was the primary temperature standard for climatic, industrial and medical purposes in English-speaking countries until the 1960s.
Therefore, a degree on the Fahrenheit scale is 1 180 of the interval between the freezing point and the boiling point.