English-Thai Dictionary

thermometer

N เครื่องวัดอุณ หภูมิ  calorimeter krueng-wad-aun-ha-pum

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THERMOMETER

n.[Gr. warm, from heat, and measure. ] An instrument for measuring heat; founded on the property which heat possesses of expanding all bodies, the rate or quantity of expansion being supposed proportional to the degree of heat applied, and hence indicating that degree. The thermometer indicates only the sensible heat of bodies, and gives us no information respecting the quantity of latent heat, or of combined heat, which those bodies may contain.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THERMOMETER

Ther *mom "e *ter, n. Etym: [Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermomètre. See Thermal. ] (Physics )

 

Defn: An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions.

 

Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting according to the temperature to which it is exposed, indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of the liquid column on a graduated scale. See Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and Réaumur. To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade, substract 32 ° and multiply by Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under Air, Balance, etc. -- Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of rods or strips of metal. -- Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of temperature occurring in the interval of time between two consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and left within it at the point of minimum temperature.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

thermometer

ther mom e ter |THərˈmämitər θərˈmɑmədər | ▶noun 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 that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling. DERIVATIVES ther mo met ric |ˌTHərməˈmetrik |adjective, ther mo met ri cal |ˌTHərməˈmetrikəl |adjective, ther mom e try |-trē |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French thermomètre or modern Latin thermometrum, from thermo- ‘of heat ’ + -metrum ‘measure. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

thermometer

therm |om ¦eter |θəˈmɒmɪtə | ▶noun 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. DERIVATIVES thermometric |θəːməˈmɛtrɪk |adjective, thermometrical |θəːməˈmɛtrɪk (ə )l |adjective, thermometry noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French thermomètre or modern Latin thermometrum, from thermo- ‘of heat ’ + -metrum ‘measure ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Thermometer

Ther mo me ter Substantiv, Neutrum oder Substantiv, maskulin , das oder der |Thermom e ter |das, österreichisch, schweizerisch auch: der Thermometer; Genitiv: des Thermometers, Plural: die Thermometer -meter 1 Gerät zum Messen der Temperatur das Thermometer zeigt 5 Grad über null, fällt, klettert [auf 10 Grad ]

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

thermometer

ther mom e ter /θə r mɑ́mətə r |-mɔ́mɪ -/ (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 〖thermo (熱を )meter (計るもの )〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 温度計 , 寒暖計 ; 体温計 (clinical thermometer )▸ The thermometer reads 92 °F .温度計は華氏92度を示している ▸ stick a thermometer in one's mouth 体温計を口に入れる