- German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- noting, pertaining to, or measured according to a temperature scale (Fahrenheit scale ) in which 32° represents the ice point and 212° the steam point. Symbol: F
- of or measured according to the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
- Gabriel Daniel (ˈɡaːbrieːl ˈdaːnieːl). 1686–1736, German physicist, who invented the mercury thermometer and devised the temperature scale that bears his name
