thermometry

American  

[ther-mom-i-tree] / θərˈmɒm ɪ tri /

noun

1. the branch of physics dealing with the measurement of temperature.

2. the science of the construction and use of thermometers.

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thermometry British  

/ ˌθɜːməˈmɛtrɪk, θəˈmɒmɪtrɪ /

noun

1. the branch of physics concerned with the measurement of temperature and the design and use of thermometers and pyrometers

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Other Word Forms

• thermometric adjective
• thermometrically adverb

Etymology

Origin of thermometry

First recorded in 1855–60; thermo- + -metry

Example Sentences

The sample head measures the thermal Hall effect using capacitive thermometry.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

But the reports have been convincing, says Luís Carlos, a nanoscientist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, who studies intracellular thermometry but was not involved in the new study.

From Scientific American • Jan. 15, 2021

Séguin recognized that thermometry and quantitative symptom tracking were becoming central components of modern medicine, but he did not fully understand why. 

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2014

Although the necrometer ended up nothing more than a joke and a failure, the medical labor system that thermometry and Séguin’s teaching made possible has made all of us constant monitors of our bodily metrics.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2014

Reserving for another place the special consideration of medical thermometry, it may be here said that the skin is hot and dry in the typical condition of fever, whatever its special associations.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various