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Word: Thermometer
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century: from French thermomètre or modern Latin thermometrum, from thermo- ‘of heat’ + -metrum ‘measure’
θəˈmɒmɪtə
an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol which extends along the tube as it expands.
Short Definition:instrument for measuring and indicating temperature hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations
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