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thermometrical, a.|θɜːməʊˈmɛtrɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1: see -ical.]
Of or pertaining to the thermometer or its use; made with or involving the use of the thermometer.
1664–5Boyle Exper. & Obs. Cold (heading), New Thermometrical Experiments and Thoughts. 1715Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. v. §21 (ed. 2) 233 His Heat raises the Liquor in the Thermometrical Tubes. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 352 A series of thermometrical observations, continued through the space of a few years. 1880Haughton Phys. Geog. iii. 90 Making so many fixed points on the earth's thermometrical scale.
b. That acts as a thermometer; indicating rise or fall of temperature.
1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 40 Thermometrical Ink.
Hence thermoˈmetrically adv., according to or by means of the thermometer or its indications.
1828in Webster. 1856G. Wilson Let. 10 Apr., in Mem. x. (1860) 427 For a month..the wind has blown geographically from Araby the blest, but thermometrically from Iceland the accursed. 1881Sullivan in Macm. Mag. XLIV. 342 A very heated term, thermometrically speaking. |