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.

  ‘Narrow-range mercury thermometers were used to measure sand surface temperature.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Glass thermometers are suitable for measuring temperature at the Earth's surface but would be impractical at higher levels.’
  • ‘Digital thermometers and alcohol-filled glass models are just as accurate as mercury ones, and many hospitals are already making the switch.’
  • ‘It can take anywhere from four to eight hours to smoke meat or poultry, so it's imperative to use thermometers to monitor temperatures.’
  • ‘Ideally you should use a meat thermometer to monitor the temperature as you cook.’
  • ‘Joule also invented extremely precise thermometers, which could measure temperature changes to within fractions of a degree Fahrenheit.’
  • ‘While walking, each participant also had a rectal thermometer in place to measure core temperature.’
  • ‘Air temperature was recorded every hour using a mercury thermometer.’
  • ‘But, I do not know how high the thermometers and other sensors should be placed off the ground.’
  • ‘Take the person's temperature with a thermometer that has been shaken to its lowest point.’
  • ‘After checking the time, he took out the thermometer and studied the temperature.’
  • ‘She checked the temperature on the thermometer and wrote something down on the clip board.’
  • ‘Show your child how to use a simple thermometer to take the temperature of the water.’
  • ‘Some states have banned the use of mercury thermometers as a first step toward phasing out the use of this toxic metal altogether.’
  • ‘Another option is a digital aural thermometer that measures the temperature in the ear.’
  • ‘Formerly a medicine-cabinet staple, these mercury thermometers have lately been ruled a public health hazard.’
  • ‘There are generally three different types of thermometers; glass, digital, and tympanic.’
  • ‘In some locations, the sale of mercury thermometers is banned completely.’
  • ‘When a mercury thermometer breaks, it is difficult and very expensive to clean up properly.’
  • ‘All you need is a mercury thermometer, which you keep by your bed.’