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Fahrenheit is an old temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), the German physicist who proposed it in 1724. It is still used in the USA. In this scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and the boiling point 212 °F, placing the boiling and freezing points of water exactly 180 degrees apart. A degree on the Fahrenheit scale is 1/180th part of interval between the ice point and steam point or boiling point. On the Celsius scale, the freezing and boiling points of water are exactly 100 degrees apart, hence the unit of this scale. A temperature interval of one degree Fahrenheit is an interval of 5⁄9 of a degree Celsius. The Fahrenheit and Celsius scales coincide at −40 degrees; i.e. −40 °F and −40 °C describe the same temperature.
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Is weather in California measured in Fahrenheit or Celsius?
Fahrenheit
What is 35.6 Celsius when measured in Fahrenheit?
96.08 degrees Fahrenheit
What is the unit temperature is measured in?
temperature is measured in degrees celsius or Fahrenheit
Why temperature of a patient is measured in Fahrenheit?
The temperature of a person may be measured in either Celsius or Fahrenheit. Measuring temperature in Fahrenheit is unusual these days, as SI units are normally used.
Can heat be measured in degrees Fahrenheit?
No, Fahrenheit is the Imperial Unit for temperature, not heat. Heat is energy in transit and is measured in joules (in the SI sytem).
What unit is temperture measured in?
Temperature is measured in Celsius (Centigrade), Fahrenheit, and Kelvin.
How does the amount of heat transferred to a system can be measured in?
Its measured in degrees and is either Fahrenheit or Celsius
What does degrees Fahrenheit mean?
Temperature in the United States and its territories is measured by degrees on the Fahrenheit scale.
Temperature is measured by?
Degrees. There's Fahrenheit or Celsius
What is temperature measured with?
A thermometer that reads Celsius or Fahrenheit.
Temperature is usually measured in degrees?
Celsius or Fahrenheit
Is temperature measured in centimetres?
NO ... Barometric Pressure is measured in Centimeters or Inches (of Mercury.) Temperature is measured in Degrees Fahrenheit or Degrees Centigrade.
