thermograph

American  

[thur-muh-graf, -grahf] / ˈθɜr məˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.

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thermograph British  

/ -ˌɡræf, ˈθɜːməʊˌɡrɑːf /

noun

1. a type of thermometer that produces a continuous record of a fluctuating temperature

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Etymology

Origin of thermograph

First recorded in 1830–40; thermo- + -graph

Example Sentences

“What would be cool,” she says, “would be to take an infrared light photo or a thermograph of her to see if the spot pattern is still there—but invisible to our eye.”

From National Geographic • Aug. 23, 2023

Figure 14.27 A thermograph of part of a building shows temperature variations, indicating where heat transfer to the outside is most severe.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Figure 14.35 Artist’s rendition of a thermograph of a patient’s upper body, showing the distribution of heat represented by different colors.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

The system produces a color-coded thermograph of each passerby: red means hot, green means not.

From Time Magazine Archive

Still another intricate instrument is in use, the thermograph, that utilizes the heat rays from the sun, instead of the light.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various