Thermometer
noun
A device that measures temperature.
She checked the patient's temperature with a thermometer.
Often appears as...
- mercury thermometer
- digital thermometer
noun
An object or method that indirectly shows a particular situation or condition.
High energy prices serve as a kind of economic thermometer.
Often appears as...
- economic thermometer
- political thermometer
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Idiomatic
noun
A device that measures temperature.
She checked the patient's temperature with a thermometer.
Often appears as...
- mercury thermometer
- digital thermometer
noun
An object or method that indirectly shows a particular situation or condition.
High energy prices serve as a kind of economic thermometer.
Often appears as...
- economic thermometer
- political thermometer
Usage tips
Idiomatic
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Pro Tip 1/3Types Vary
Thermometers come in many forms, from analog with mercury to digital models with sensors.
Her new digital thermometer gives a reading in seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurement Units
Thermometers may display temperature in Celsius, Fahrenheit, or both, depending on the region.
Make sure the thermometer is set to Fahrenheit for US recipes.
Pro Tip 3/3Accuracy Matters
When using a thermometer, ensure it is accurate for tasks like cooking or medical use.
The chef tested the thermometer's accuracy before cooking the steak.
Pro Tip 1/3Types Vary
Thermometers come in many forms, from analog with mercury to digital models with sensors.
Her new digital thermometer gives a reading in seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurement Units
Thermometers may display temperature in Celsius, Fahrenheit, or both, depending on the region.
Make sure the thermometer is set to Fahrenheit for US recipes.
Pro Tip 3/3Accuracy Matters
When using a thermometer, ensure it is accurate for tasks like cooking or medical use.
The chef tested the thermometer's accuracy before cooking the steak.
Pro Tip 1/3Types Vary
Thermometers come in many forms, from analog with mercury to digital models with sensors.
Her new digital thermometer gives a reading in seconds.
Pro Tip 2/3Measurement Units
Thermometers may display temperature in Celsius, Fahrenheit, or both, depending on the region.
Make sure the thermometer is set to Fahrenheit for US recipes.
Pro Tip 3/3Accuracy Matters
When using a thermometer, ensure it is accurate for tasks like cooking or medical use.
The chef tested the thermometer's accuracy before cooking the steak.
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3 Ways Your Company's...
Let's take health. In the future, there will be air-quality monitors at every street corner, and they will be connected with your asthma inhaler so that you know when it's safe to go out. Or there will be infrared cameras that are measuring the temperature of citizens anonymously and that will be connected with your thermometer
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observed along with physical symptoms such as increased heart rate, low blood pressure and rapid breathing or signs of central nervous system disfunction such as confused behavior, aggression or loss of consciousness. The most feasible and accurate way to assess core body temperature is with a rectal thermometer
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The “myth” of the...
In reality, a frog will detect slowly heating water and leap to safety. Humans, on the other hand, are a different story. We’re perfectly happy to sit in the pot and slowly turn up the heat, all the while insisting it isn’t our hand on the dial, arguing about whether we can trust thermometers,
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Exploring the Edge of...
thermal heating cooling curve and we went out and we built a model around that and we said we can predict that if you go to this particular part of the mountain range and you put a thermometer in it will tell you what the temperature is going to be and so we went out and
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Martian Dust Devils PIPE...
does that so the dasher rig has pressure sensors at the ground the mid-level and up top we've got a wind speed at all three locations got a complete weather station here this is a infrared thermometer and its goal is to look at a really dusty dust devil and see the
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How to stay calm when...
A few years ago, I broke into my own house. I had just driven home, it was around midnight in the dead of Montreal winter, I had been visiting my friend, Jeff, across town, and the thermometer on the front porch read minus 40 degrees --
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Should we get rid of...
for understanding standardized tests. To understand the difference between them, we can use the metaphor of two broken thermometers. An unreliable thermometer gives you a different reading each time you take your temperature,
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and humans must fear to tread there more if camels don't like the place you can't take your normal thermometer that only goes up to 120 otherwise you'll never know how hot it is and you need to think
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colder than that our weather station is not very reliable as we've said I don't know I wonder where we get that reading from me I need to find out perhaps go turn the thermometer down a little bit
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How to rebuild the world...
investigate the natural world around us we use glass to make test tubes you can see inside to watch what happens in different chemical reactions use test tubes to make simple thermometers so you
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3 Ways Your Company's...
Let's take health. In the future, there will be air-quality monitors at every street corner, and they will be connected with your asthma inhaler so that you know when it's safe to go out. Or there will be infrared cameras that are measuring the temperature of citizens anonymously and that will be connected with your thermometer
Video examples
What happens when you...
observed along with physical symptoms such as increased heart rate, low blood pressure and rapid breathing or signs of central nervous system disfunction such as confused behavior, aggression or loss of consciousness. The most feasible and accurate way to assess core body temperature is with a rectal thermometer
Video examples
The “myth” of the...
In reality, a frog will detect slowly heating water and leap to safety. Humans, on the other hand, are a different story. We’re perfectly happy to sit in the pot and slowly turn up the heat, all the while insisting it isn’t our hand on the dial, arguing about whether we can trust thermometers,
Video examples
Exploring the Edge of...
thermal heating cooling curve and we went out and we built a model around that and we said we can predict that if you go to this particular part of the mountain range and you put a thermometer in it will tell you what the temperature is going to be and so we went out and
Video examples
Martian Dust Devils PIPE...
does that so the dasher rig has pressure sensors at the ground the mid-level and up top we've got a wind speed at all three locations got a complete weather station here this is a infrared thermometer and its goal is to look at a really dusty dust devil and see the
Video examples
How to stay calm when...
A few years ago, I broke into my own house. I had just driven home, it was around midnight in the dead of Montreal winter, I had been visiting my friend, Jeff, across town, and the thermometer on the front porch read minus 40 degrees --
Video examples
Should we get rid of...
for understanding standardized tests. To understand the difference between them, we can use the metaphor of two broken thermometers. An unreliable thermometer gives you a different reading each time you take your temperature,
Video examples
Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
and humans must fear to tread there more if camels don't like the place you can't take your normal thermometer that only goes up to 120 otherwise you'll never know how hot it is and you need to think
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 23 PIPE...
colder than that our weather station is not very reliable as we've said I don't know I wonder where we get that reading from me I need to find out perhaps go turn the thermometer down a little bit
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
investigate the natural world around us we use glass to make test tubes you can see inside to watch what happens in different chemical reactions use test tubes to make simple thermometers so you
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Kevin McCarthy
American Politician
There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to.
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Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Deep-frying properly requires you to keep the oil at a precise temperature range depending on the food. If you're frying in more than an inch of oil you really should invest in a deep-fat thermometer so you can monitor the temperature and know when to adjust the heat.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
The best value for money in cooking equipment, in my mind, is first a digital scale and digital thermometer. They're both about $20. They help you cook so much more accurately that they're both enormously valuable.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
I didn't mind staying home from school and medicating myself with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Being sick always gave me another chance to break an old-fashioned mercury thermometer, too.
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Graydon Carter
American Journalist
You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge my mother's signature on a sick note so well I was hardly ever at school.
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Gilbert White
English Scientist
We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month. My thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the freezing point, within doors.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
You can be like a thermometer, just reflecting the world around you. Or you can be a thermostat, one of those people who sets the temperature.
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Emeril Lagasse
American Chef
I think many cooks are afraid of undercooked meats. A good thermometer is a cook's best friend.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
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Vin Scully
American Celebrity
I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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Kevin McCarthy
American Politician
There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to.
Quote examples
Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Deep-frying properly requires you to keep the oil at a precise temperature range depending on the food. If you're frying in more than an inch of oil you really should invest in a deep-fat thermometer so you can monitor the temperature and know when to adjust the heat.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
The best value for money in cooking equipment, in my mind, is first a digital scale and digital thermometer. They're both about $20. They help you cook so much more accurately that they're both enormously valuable.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
I didn't mind staying home from school and medicating myself with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Being sick always gave me another chance to break an old-fashioned mercury thermometer, too.
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Graydon Carter
American Journalist
You know, I used to warm the thermometer on the light bulb... I was really good at being sick. I could forge my mother's signature on a sick note so well I was hardly ever at school.
Quote examples
Gilbert White
English Scientist
We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month. My thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the freezing point, within doors.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
You can be like a thermometer, just reflecting the world around you. Or you can be a thermostat, one of those people who sets the temperature.
Quote examples
Emeril Lagasse
American Chef
I think many cooks are afraid of undercooked meats. A good thermometer is a cook's best friend.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
French Statesman
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
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Vin Scully
American Celebrity
I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.
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