thermoscopicadj.
/θəːməʊˈskɒpɪk/ Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a thermoscope.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [adjective]
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thermoscopical1670
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thermometric1784
1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 254 The Severity of the Weather did not cease;..the Spirit of Wine, in the English Thermometer, in a Morning always stood at, or under the 80th Deg. of the Thermoscopick Scale.
1846 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces 17 Of which heat no evidence can be afforded by any thermoscopic test.
1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 121 Thermometric and thermoscopic instruments.
Derivatives
thermoˈscopical adj. in same sense.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > measurement of temperature > [adjective]
thermometrical1664
thermoscopical1670
thermoscopic1730
thermometric1784
1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 p. iv The Thermoscopical Measures of Warmth and Frigidity.
1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 254 From Thermoscopical Observations.
thermoˈscopically adv.
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1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Thermoscopically.
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