thermometer
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1. measuring instrument for measuring temperature (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | alcohol thermometer, alcohol-in-glass thermometer, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | candy thermometer, |
| definition | : | a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy syrups during cooking (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cryometer, |
| definition | : | a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | dry-bulb thermometer, |
| definition | : | an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | air thermometer, gas thermometer, |
| definition | : | thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | maximum and minimum thermometer, |
| definition | : | thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | meat thermometer, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | oven thermometer, |
| definition | : | a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pyrometer, |
| definition | : | a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | reaumur thermometer, |
| definition | : | an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | reversing thermometer, |
| definition | : | a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | telethermometer, |
| definition | : | a thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | thermocouple, thermocouple junction, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | thermograph, thermometrograph, |
| definition | : | a thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | thermopile, |
| definition | : | a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | wet-bulb thermometer, |
| definition | : | a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | thermometric, |
| definition | : | of or relating to thermometry (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | thermometric, |
| definition | : | of or relating to thermometry (adj.pert) |
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