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thermometer

noun

  1. device to measure temperature
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /θəˈmɒm.ɪ.tə/ / /θɚˈmɑ.mɪ.tɚ/

noun

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

  1. An apparatus used to measure temperature.

    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; […]

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