thermometer | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. thermometer | measuring instrument for measuring temperature. |
| ~ alcohol-in-glass thermometer, alcohol 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-in-glass thermometer, mercury 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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