Thermometer

//θɚˈmɒmɪtɚ// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An apparatus used to measure temperature.

    "Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction."

  2. 2
    measuring instrument for measuring temperature wordnet

Synonyms

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calorimeterclinical thermometercryometerdirection finderelectric thermometergalvanothermometer

Example

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"The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer."

Etymology

Borrowed from French thermomètre; equivalent to thermo- + -meter.

Related phrases

Beckmann differential thermometerBeckmann thermometerCelsius thermometerCelsius' thermometerCelsius's thermometerCentigrade thermometerCoulomb Blockade ThermometerDelisle thermometerDelisle's thermometerFahrenheit thermometerFahrenheit's thermometerGalilean thermometer

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