thermometer : Idioms & Phrases

• noun thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume
  air thermometer.
  

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• a form of thermometer in which the contraction and expansion of air is made to measure changes of temperature.

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• etc. See under Air, Balance, etc.

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• noun 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
  alcohol thermometer.
  

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• noun 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
  alcohol thermometer.
  

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• a thermometer mounted as a balance so that the movement of the mercurial column changes the indication of the tube. With the aid of electrical or mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the automatic regulation of the temperature of rooms warmed artificially, and as a fire alarm.

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• noun a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature
  

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• noun a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy syrups during cooking
  

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• noun a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade
  

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• a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and the point indicating the boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees. It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders Celsius, the originator of this scale.

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• noun a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature
  clinical thermometer.
  

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• a thermometer usually with a U-shaped tube terminating in two air bulbs, and containing a colored liquid, used for indicating the difference between the temperatures to which the two bulbs are exposed, by the change of position of the colored fluid, in consequence of the different expansions of the air in the bulbs. A graduated scale is attached to one leg of the tube.

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• noun an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature
  

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• noun a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature
  electric thermometer; thermel.
  

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• noun a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit
  

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• noun thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume
  air thermometer.
  

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• noun thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time
  

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• a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment.

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• noun 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
  

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• noun 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
  mercury thermometer.
  

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• noun a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature
  clinical thermometer.
  

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• noun 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
  mercury thermometer.
  

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• a form of thermometer indicating changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of rods or strips of metal.

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Minimum thermometer

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1. , a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since its last adjustment.

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• noun a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven
  

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• noun thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire
  platinum thermometer.
  

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• noun an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur
  

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• a thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of temperature occurring in the interval of time between two consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and left within it at the point of minimum temperature.

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• noun thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire
  platinum thermometer.
  

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• noun a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters
  

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• noun a thermometer that records the temperature automatically
  

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• noun a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature
  electric thermometer; thermel.
  

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Wa"ter ther*mom"e*ter

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1. (Physics) A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39° Fahr., or 4° Centigrade; and from that point down to 32° Fahr., or 0° Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.

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• noun a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity
  

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