ther·mom·e·ter (th r-m m  -tr)n. An instrument for measuring temperature, especially one having a graduated glass tube with a bulb containing a liquid, typically mercury or colored alcohol, that expands and rises in the tube as the temperature increases. |
thermometer [θəˈmɒmɪtə]
n
an instrument used to measure temperature, esp one in which a thin column of liquid, such as mercury, expands and contracts within a graduated sealed tube See also clinical thermometer, gas thermometer, resistance thermometer, thermocouple, pyrometer
| thermometer (thr-mm-tr) An instrument used to measure temperature. There are many types of thermometers; the most common consist of a closed, graduated glass tube in which a liquid expands or contracts as the temperature increases or decreases. Other types of thermometers work by detecting changes in the volume or pressure of an enclosed gas or by registering thermoelectric changes in a conductor (such as a thermistor or thermocouple). |
thermometer
an instrument for measuring temperature.
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| Noun | 1. |  thermometer - measuring instrument for measuring temperaturealcohol thermometer, alcohol-in-glass thermometer - thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature candy thermometer - a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy syrups during cooking capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing - a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action Centigrade thermometer - a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade cryometer - a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures dry-bulb thermometer - an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature Fahrenheit thermometer - a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit air thermometer, gas thermometer - thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume maximum and minimum thermometer - thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something meat thermometer - a thermometer that is inserted into the center of a roast (with the top away from the heat source); used to measure how well done the meat is mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer - thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube oven thermometer - a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven pyrometer - a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures Reaumur thermometer - an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur platinum thermometer, resistance thermometer - thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire reversing thermometer - a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters self-registering thermometer - a thermometer that records the temperature automatically telethermometer - a thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point thermocouple, thermocouple junction - a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference electric thermometer, thermel, thermoelectric thermometer - a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature thermometrograph, thermograph - a thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time thermopile - a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series wet-bulb thermometer - a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity |
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thermometer
n → Thermometer nt
n thermometer [θəˈmomitə]
an instrument (usually a thin, glass tube with eg mercury in it) used for measuring temperature, especially body temperature The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer. termometer ميزان حَرارَه термометър teploměr termometer das Thermometer θερμόμετρο termómetro kraadiklaas دماسنج lämpömittari thermomètre מַד חוֹם थर्मामीटर शीतोष्ण मापक यंत्र toplomjer hőmérő termometer hitamælir termometro 温度計 온도계 termometras termometrs termometer thermometer termometer termometr termómetro termometru термометр teplomer termometer termometar termometer เครื่องวัดอุณหภูมิ termometre 溫度計 термометр, градусник حرارت ناپنے کا آلہ، آلۂ حرارت پيما nhiệt kế 温度计
thermometer → ترمومتر teploměr termometer Thermometer θερμόμετρο termómetro lämpömittari thermomètre toplomjer termometro 温度計 온도계 thermometer termometer termometr termómetro, termômetro термометр termometer ปรอทวัดอุหภูมิ ısıölçer nhiệt kế 温度计
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