单词 | thermometrical |
释义 | thermometricaladj. a. Of or pertaining to the thermometer or its use; made with or involving the use of the thermometer. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [adjective] thermometrical1664 thermoscopical1670 thermoscopic1730 thermometric1784 1664–5 R. Boyle New Exper. & Observ. Cold (heading) New Thermometrical Experiments and Thoughts. 1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. v. 233 His Heat, raises the Liquor in the Thermometrical Tubes. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 352 A series of thermometrical observations, continued through the space of a few years. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. 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. ΚΠ 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 40 Thermometrical Ink. Derivatives thermoˈmetrically adv. according to or by means of the thermometer or its indications. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [adverb] thermometrically1828 1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1856 G. Wilson Let. 10 Apr. in Mem. (1860) x. 427 For a month..the wind has blown geographically from Araby the blest, but thermometrically from Iceland the accursed. 1881 Sullivan in Macmillan's Mag. XLIV. 342 A very heated term, thermometrically speaking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1664 |
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