| NOUN | artifact | mercury-in-glass thermometer, mercury thermometer | thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees ... / degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit |
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| Meaning | thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees ... / degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube. | |
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| Synonym | mercury thermometer | |
| Parts | bulb | A rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) |
| Narrower | Beckman thermometer | A mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature |
| clinical thermometer, mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer | A mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body | |
| Broader | thermometer | measuring instrument for measuring temperature |
| Spanish | termómetro de mercurio | |
| Catalan | termòmetre de mercuri | |
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