thermometer
noun
ther·mom·e·ter
thər-ˈmä-mə-tər 
thə-ˈmä-mə-tər
plural thermometers
: an instrument for determining temperature
specifically
: one consisting of a sensor housed in a metal probe that registers a change in electrical resistance as a change in temperature
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The thermometer read 121 degrees Fahrenheit when 71-year-old Steve Curry collapsed outside a restroom in Death Valley National Park last summer.
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Kylie Mohr, The Atlantic, 26 June 2024
An accurate reading however would involve a precise thermometer matching some external reference temperature.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 24 June 2024
Take care when handling dry ice; don't handle it with bare hands or place it directly on foods.
Use a refrigerator-freezer thermometer to check the temperature.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
Between June 2 and June 6, the night temperature never dipped below 80 degrees at Corpus Christi airport, a record each night, with two days when the thermometer never dropped below 85, according to the National Weather Service.
—CBS News, 20 June 2024
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Kylie Mohr, The Atlantic, 26 June 2024
An accurate reading however would involve a precise thermometer matching some external reference temperature.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 24 June 2024
Take care when handling dry ice; don't handle it with bare hands or place it directly on foods.
Use a refrigerator-freezer thermometer to check the temperature.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
Between June 2 and June 6, the night temperature never dipped below 80 degrees at Corpus Christi airport, a record each night, with two days when the thermometer never dropped below 85, according to the National Weather Service.
—CBS News, 20 June 2024
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thermometer
noun
ther·mom·e·ter
thə(r)-ˈmäm-ət-ər
: an instrument for determining temperature that usually consists either of a device providing a digital readout or of a glass bulb attached to a fine tube of glass with a numbered scale and containing a liquid (as mercury or colored alcohol) that is sealed in and rises and falls with changes of temperature
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