noun
Meaning 1
An apparatus used to measure temperature.
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noun
An apparatus used to measure temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
measuring instrument for measuring temperature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
Narrower terms: alcohol thermometer, alcohol-in-glass thermometer, candy thermometer, Centigrade thermometer, cryometer, dry-bulb thermometer, Fahrenheit thermometer, gas thermometer, air thermometer, maximum and minimum thermometer, meat thermometer, mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer, oven thermometer, pyrometer, Reaumur thermometer, resistance thermometer, platinum thermometer, reversing thermometer, self-registering thermometer, telethermometer, thermocouple, thermocouple junction, thermoelectric thermometer, thermel, electric thermometer, thermograph, thermometrograph, thermopile, wet-bulb thermometer
History
Borrowed from French thermomètre; equivalent to thermo- + -meter.
Across languages
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