Fahrenheit temperature scale

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Fahrenheit temperature scale

(Abbreviated °F.) A temperature scale with the ice point at 32° and the boiling point of water at 212°.

Conversion with the centigrade temperature scale (°C) is accomplished by the formula: °F = (9/5)°C + 32.
Compare Celsius temperature scale.


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