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Differential thermometer
| a thermometer usually with a U-shaped tube terminating in two air bulbs, and containing a colored liquid, used for indicating the difference between the temperatures to which the two bulbs are exposed, by the change of position of the colored fluid, in consequence of the different expansions of the air in the bulbs. A graduated scale is attached to one leg of the tube. |
See also: differential differential thermometer
differential thermometer[‚dif·ə′ren·chəl thər′mäm·əd·ər] (engineering) bimetallic thermometer See differential thermometerdifferential thermometer
ther·mo·scope (ther'mō-skōp), An instrument for indicating slight differences of temperature, without registering or recording them. Synonym(s): differential thermometer [thermo- + G. skopeō, to view] differential thermometerA thermometer recording slight variations of temperature.See also: thermometerThesaurusSeethermometer |