thermometer
An apparatus used to measure temperature.
A kind of
- measuring instrument
Kinds of thermometer
- candy thermometer
- dry-bulb thermometer
- resistance thermometer
- reversing thermometer
- wet-bulb thermometer
Word history
From French "thermomètre".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “thermometer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.