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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
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candy thermometer
a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy syrups during cooking
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Centigrade thermometer
a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade
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cryometer
a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures
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dry-bulb thermometer
an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure the air temperature
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Fahrenheit thermometer
a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit
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air thermometer, gas thermometer
thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the pressure of a gas kept at constant volume
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maximum and minimum thermometer
thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time
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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
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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
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oven thermometer
a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven
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pyrometer
a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures
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Reaumur thermometer
an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur
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platinum thermometer, resistance thermometer
thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire
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reversing thermometer
a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters
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self-registering thermometer
a thermometer that records the temperature automatically
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telethermometer
a thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point
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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
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electric thermometer, thermel, thermoelectric thermometer
a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature
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thermograph, thermometrograph
a thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time
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thermopile
a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series
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wet-bulb thermometer
a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity
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Beckman thermometer
a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature
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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
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optical pyrometer, pyroscope
a pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object
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pyrometric cone
a pyrometer consisting of a series of cones that melt at different temperatures
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radiation pyrometer
a pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat; radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer
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resistance pyrometer
pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire
