an accurate type of thermometer in which temperature is calculated from the resistance of a coil of wire (usually of platinum) or of a semiconductor placed at the point at which the temperature is to be measured
resistance thermometer in American English
noun
Metallurgy
an instrument for measuring the temperature of a metal, utilizing the principle that the electrical resistance of the metal varies with the temperature
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: reactor, scrum, toner, twofer, zoom
Examples of 'resistance thermometer' in a sentence
resistance thermometer
Two types of temperature sensors are designed and tested: a thermocouple and a fine wire resistance thermometer.
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