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Mercury-in-glass thermometer — Closeup of a maximum thermometer. The break in the column of mercury is visible. A mercury in glass thermometer, also known as a mercury thermometer, was invented by German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724 and is a thermometer… … Wikipedia
Thermometer — A clinical mercury in glass thermometer … Wikipedia
Liquid crystal thermometer — A liquid crystal thermometer or plastic strip thermometer is a type of thermometer that contains heat sensitive (thermochromic) liquid crystals in a plastic strip that change color to indicate different temperatures. [http://kicp… … Wikipedia
Thermometer — Ther*mom e*ter (th[ e]r*m[o^]m [ e]*t[ e]r), n. [Thermo + meter: cf. F. thermom[ e]tre. See {Thermal}.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompanied by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
alcohol thermometer — a liquid in glass thermometer in which alcohol is the liquid used … Medical dictionary
mercury thermometer — a liquid in glass thermometer in which mercury is the liquid used … Medical dictionary
Thermometer — A device used to measure the temperature of gaseous, liquid or solid matter or of a chemical reaction such as fire. Temperature measurement is important to a wide range of activities, including industry, scientific research, and health care. In… … Medical dictionary
Liquid crystal — Schlieren texture of liquid crystal nematic phase Liquid crystals (LCs) are a state of matter that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal.[1] For instance, an LC may flow like a liquid, but its… … Wikipedia
thermometer — thermometric /therr meuh me trik/, thermometrical, adj. thermometrically, adv. /theuhr mom i teuhr/, n. an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts,… … Universalium
thermometer — [[t]θə(r)mɒ̱mɪtə(r)[/t]] thermometers N COUNT A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature. It usually consists of a narrow glass tube containing a thin column of a liquid which rises and falls as the temperature rises and falls … English dictionary
