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thermometers

  • plural
    of thermometer.
    thermometer
    noun
    an instrument for measuring temperature, often a sealed glass tube that contains a column of liquid, as mercury, that expands and contracts, or rises and falls, with temperature changes, the temperature being read where the top of the column coincides with a calibrated scale marked on the tube or its frame.

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Even at sea, thermometers have registered record temperatures.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Today, gallium is widely used in semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, LEDs, laser diodes, solar panels, high performance computing, the aerospace and defense industries, and as a safer alternative to mercury in thermometers.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

One worker said: "We don't seem to have enough thermometers."

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Two people in the area fainted as thermometers showed the temperature hitting 97 degrees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

“Normal thermometers only read every two tenths. This one does it every tenth. Try it out. Put it in your mouth.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides