Thermometer /(thẽr*mŏm"ē̇*tẽr)/
Ther·mom·e·ter
Thermometer
n.
- An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions. (Physics)
Phrases & Compounds
- Air thermometer
- See under Air, Balance, etc.
- Metallic thermometer
- a form of thermometer indicating changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of rods or strips of metal.
- Register thermometer
- 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.