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THERMOMETRIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thermometric mean?
• THERMOMETRIC (adjective)
The adjective THERMOMETRIC has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to thermometry
Familiarity information: THERMOMETRIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to thermometry
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
helium gas was the thermometric fluid
Pertainym:
thermometry (the measurement of temperature)
Derivation:
thermometer (measuring instrument for measuring temperature)
thermometry (the measurement of temperature)
Context examples
A thermometric scale named after the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit, on which under standard atmospheric pressure the boiling point of water is at 212 degrees above the zero of the scale, the freezing point is at 32 degrees above zero, and the zero point approximates the temperature produced by mixing equal quantities by weight of snow and common salt.
(Fahrenheit Scale, NCI Thesaurus)
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