Definition of Thermometer

Thermometer

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.

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Thermometer Quotations

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents.
Salvador Dali

I have invented the Thermometer style.
Josef Albers

You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.
Cornel West

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.
Gilbert White

I have the thermometer in my mouth and I am listening to it all the time.
William Whitelaw

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Thermometer Translations

thermometer in Danish is termometer
thermometer in Dutch is warmtemeter, thermometer
thermometer in German is Thermometer
thermometer in Swedish is termometer

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