What is the significance of Fermi temperature?

The Fermi temperature of a solid is related to Fermi energy by relation $${ E }_{ F } ={ k }_{ B }\times{ T }_{ F }$$ where ${ k }_{ B }$ is Boltzmann constant. But what is the significance of Fermi temperature?

• "The Fermi temperature can be thought of as the temperature at which thermal effects are comparable to quantum effects associated with Fermi statistics". Source: wikipedia article on the Fermi Energy. Does this answer your question? – AccidentalFourierTransform Nov 2 '15 at 18:24
• Hi, I am guessing you have already read this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_energy – user81619 Nov 2 '15 at 18:25
• I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it shows insufficient research effort. – Danu Mar 18 '16 at 10:33

If you want to decide whether a gas of fermions is degenerate, then you would compare the temperature of the gas with its Fermi temperature. If $T \ll T_F$ then the gas can be considered completely degenerate. If $T \sim T_F$ then the gas is partially degenerate. If $T > T_F$ then the gas is not degenerate.