Word: Thermometer
How to pronounce: θəˈmɒmɪtə
Noun
Definitions:
1. An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling.
Example sentences: "Narrow-range mercury thermometers were used to measure sand surface temperature."
Synonyms:
pyrometer
thermometric
temperature gauge
thermode
Derivations:
thermograph
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French: Thermomètre
Italian: Termometro
Turkish: Termometre
