Definition of mercury thermometer Mercury thermometer
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What does mercury thermometer mean?
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| mercury thermometer - thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube | ||
| mercury-in-glass thermometer | ||
| thermometer measuring instrument for measuring temperature | ||
| beckman thermometer a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature | ||
| bulb a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end); "the bulb of a syringe" | ||
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