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

The standard thermometer, thermograph and hygrograph were to occupy one of the screens, a convenient site for which was chosen about twenty yards to the east.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir