mercury thermometer

1. 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 (synset 103755298)
   is a type of: thermometer - measuring instrument for measuring temperature
   subtypes:

   • beckman thermometer - a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature
   • clinical thermometer, mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer - 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
   has: bulb - a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end)
   same as: mercury-in-glass thermometer

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