mercury-in-glass thermometer

Definitions of mercury-in-glass thermometer

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: mercury thermometer

   types:

   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

   type of:

   thermometer

   measuring instrument for measuring temperature