thermometer

Definition

An apparatus used to measure temperature.

Etymology

Borrowed from French thermomètre; equivalent to thermo- + -meter.

Example Sentences

• "Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction."
• "On the wall were hanging thermometers, barometers, and hydrometers, and every other sort of ometer, numberless, dusty, and mysterious; […]"
• "Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects."

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