/far"euhn huyt'/ ; Ger. /fahrdd"euhn huyt'/ , n.
1. Gabriel Daniel Ger. /gah"brddee el' dah"nee el'/ , 1686-1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
adj.
2. 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 See illus. under thermometer .