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thanatometer
thanatometer n.
Brit. 
/ˌθanəˈtɒmᵻtə/
, /ˌθanəˈtɒmᵻtə/U.S. /ˌθænəˈtɑmədər/
(see quots.). [After German Thanatometer (1841 or earlier); compare scientific Latin thanatometrum (1843 or earlier).] /ˌθænəˈtɑmədər/ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [noun] > instrument > other specific instruments
air thermometer1701
water thermometer1725
gas thermometer1837
geothermometer1838
nepheloscope1844
thanatometer1860
resistance thermometer1861
reversing thermometer1878
telethermometer1880
thermocouple1890
thermo-electroscope1895
thermodynamometer1909
ebulliometer1933
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Thanatometrum,..term by Nasse [of Berlin] for a means of indicating the actual presence of death; a death-measurer: a thanatometer.
1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thanatometer, a thermometer capable of being introduced into the stomach to determine whether the depression of temperature is sufficient to be looked on as a sign of death.
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