resistance thermometer

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noun Metallurgy.

an instrument for measuring the temperature of a metal, utilizing the principle that the electrical resistance of the metal varies with the temperature.

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Origin of resistance thermometer

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby resistance thermometer

res ipsa loquitur, resist, resistance, Resistance, Free French, resistance level, resistance thermometer, resistance training, resistance transfer factor, resistance welding, resistant, resistate

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How to use resistance thermometer in a sentence

But that makes the Ismael brothers no less proud of the resistance that they and other fellow fighters have put up.
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Turn the heat down to 325°F and continue cooking until internal temperature reads 140°F on a thermometer.
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In the future, antibiotic resistance could have catastrophic consequences.
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There would, then, likely be significant police resistance to this measure.
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It is this very sensitive issue that has galvanized widespread resistance from previously loyal campesinos.
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There is cause for alarm when they bring one hundred and ten ships into these seas without any means of resistance on our part.
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One day in April the thermometer suddenly rose to eighteen above the freezing-point of Fahrenheit.
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A double detachment of soldiers was already there, with orders to support him in case of resistance.
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A mild degree means that the body is not reacting well, or else that the infection is too slight to call forth much resistance.
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This stubborn resistance lent all the more lustre to the piety of our benignant Rulers.
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British Dictionary definitions for resistance thermometer

resistance thermometer

noun

an accurate type of thermometer in which temperature is calculated from the resistance of a coil of wire (usually of platinum) or of a semiconductor placed at the point at which the temperature is to be measured

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