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FAHRENHEIT SCALE
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I. (noun)
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
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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("Fahrenheit scale" is a kind of...):
temperature scale (a system of measuring temperature)