Fahrenheit
['fær(ə)nhaɪt;'fɑː-] or ['færən'haɪt]
['færən'haɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer and developed the scale of temperature that bears his name (1686-1736).
(adj.) of or relating to a temperature scale proposed by the inventor of the mercury thermometer; 'water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit under normal conditions' .
編輯:凯利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale.
(n.) The Fahrenheit termometer or scale.
編輯:内尔达
例句/造句/用法:
- Fahrenheit for about two hours, which causes the boracic acid to dissolve and blend with the glycerine. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- The friction caused the ice to melt, although the experiment was undertaken in a temperature of 29° Fahrenheit. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The thermometer in use in the United States is marked in this way and is called the Fahrenheit thermometer after its designer. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Edison had tested his tasimeter, and was satisfied that it would measure down to the millionth part of a degree Fahrenheit. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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