thermometer
(θəʳmɒmɪtəʳ )
Word forms: thermometers
countable noun B2
A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature. It usually consists of a narrow glass tube containing a thin column of a liquid which rises and falls as the temperature rises and falls.
The thermometer read a tenth of a degree hotter than the scanner.
Image of thermometer
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Collocations:
ear thermometer probe thermometer thermometer reading
Our chemist recommended an expensive digital ear thermometer.
Times, Sunday Times
She was tested with an ear thermometer in the airport arrivals hall, but her reading was normal.
The Sun
Officials tested her six more times in half an hour, again using an ear thermometer.
The Sun
They will also have to provide information on any tests they have taken for the virus, before then submitting to a temperature check using an ear thermometer.
Times,Sunday Times
Ear thermometers are very accurate but expensive.
Times, Sunday Times
I've got a lovely roasting probe thermometer for my wife's stocking.
Times, Sunday Times
For safety, you can test the meat in the oven while still in its wrap with a probe thermometer.
Times, Sunday Times
Have your probe thermometer to hand.
Times, Sunday Times
Having a cold drink can drop your thermometer reading significantly, which could result in unwarranted accusations of malingering.
Times, Sunday Times
It touched minus 37 overnight (it's hard to imagine what that really means) and our guide photographed a piste-top thermometer reading minus 19 at noon.
Times, Sunday Times
He considers the case in which, over the time scale of interest, it happens that both the thermometer reading and the irreversible processes are steady.
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Over this period the recent instrumental record, mainly based on direct thermometer readings, has approximately global coverage.
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Translations:
Chinese: 温度计
Japanese: 温度計
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