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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Tanner Fox, 20, doesn’t need a weather app because his 82-year-old grandma, Bunny, sends him a picture of the thermometer at her Pennsylvania home at 6 a.m to start their daily chats.
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Sam Gillette, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
The Fisher-Price Medical Kit includes seven pieces: a blood pressure cuff, thermometer, doctor bag, stethoscope, and more to play doctor right at home.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
The city’s main thermometer, located at the airport, doesn’t tell you anything about those differences.
—Ula Chrobak, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Jan Murtagh, president of CDN, which is based in Portland, Ore., was down the row on the exhibition center floor displaying the company's digital thermometers, scales and timers for home kitchens, restaurants and the food service industry.
—David Schaper, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
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Sam Gillette, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
The Fisher-Price Medical Kit includes seven pieces: a blood pressure cuff, thermometer, doctor bag, stethoscope, and more to play doctor right at home.
—Katrina Cossey, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025
The city’s main thermometer, located at the airport, doesn’t tell you anything about those differences.
—Ula Chrobak, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Jan Murtagh, president of CDN, which is based in Portland, Ore., was down the row on the exhibition center floor displaying the company's digital thermometers, scales and timers for home kitchens, restaurants and the food service industry.
—David Schaper, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Thermometer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thermometer. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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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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