thermometer

Noun
  1. Measuring instrument for measuring temperature (synset 104429007)
    is a type of: measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system - instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
    subtypes:
    • alcohol thermometer, alcohol-in-glass thermometer - 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
    • candy thermometer - a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy syrups during cooking
    • centigrade thermometer - a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade
    • cryometer - a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures
    • dry-bulb thermometer - an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature
    • fahrenheit thermometer - a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit
    • air thermometer, gas thermometer - thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume
    • maximum and minimum thermometer - thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time
    • meat thermometer - 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
    • mercury thermometer, mercury-in-glass thermometer - 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
    • oven thermometer - a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven
    • pyrometer - a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures
    • reaumur thermometer - an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur
    • platinum thermometer, resistance thermometer - thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire
    • reversing thermometer - a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters
    • self-registering thermometer - a thermometer that records the temperature automatically
    • telethermometer - a thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point
    • thermocouple, thermocouple junction - a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference
    • electric thermometer, thermel, thermoelectric thermometer - a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature
    • thermograph, thermometrograph - a thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time
    • thermopile - a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series
    • wet-bulb thermometer - a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity
    has: capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing - a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action

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