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- [ther-mom-i-ter]
- /θərˈmɒm ɪ tər/
- /θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ther-mom-i-ter]
- /θərˈmɒm ɪ tər/
Definitions of thermometer word
- noun thermometer an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame. 1
- noun thermometer device: measures temperature 1
- countable noun thermometer A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature. It usually consists of a narrow glass tube containing a thin column of a liquid which rises and falls as the temperature rises and falls. 0
- noun thermometer an instrument used to measure temperature, esp one in which a thin column of liquid, such as mercury, expands and contracts within a graduated sealed tube 0
- noun thermometer an instrument for measuring temperatures, consisting of a graduated glass tube with a sealed, capillary bore in which mercury, colored alcohol, etc. rises or falls as it expands or contracts from changes in temperature 0
- noun thermometer any similar instrument, as one operating by means of a thermocouple 0
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Origin of thermometer
First appearance:
before 1615 One of the 41% oldest English words
First recorded in 1615-25; thermo- + -meter
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Parts of speech for Thermometer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thermometer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thermometer usage trend in Literature
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