Fahrenheit

:This article is about the temperature scale; see also Fahrenheit graphics API and Fahrenheit (video game).

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Fahrenheit graphics API - Fahrenheit (video game)

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Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), who proposed it in 1724.

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Temperature - German - Physicist - Gabriel Fahrenheit - 1686 - 1736 - 1724

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In this scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees (this is written "32 °F"), and the boiling point is 212 degrees Fahrenheit, placing the boiling and melting points of water 180 degrees apart. Thus the unit of this scale, a degree Fahrenheit, is 5/9ths of a kelvin (which is a degree Celsius), and minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit is equal to minus 40 degrees Celsius.

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Freezing point - Water - 32 degrees - Unit - Kelvin - Celsius

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