thermometer

Roget category 389

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#389. Thermometer

noun

thermometer, thermometrograph^†, mercury thermometer, alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer, Anschutz thermometer [G.], gas thermometer, telethermometer — color-changing temperature indicator — thermopile, thermoscope^† — pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb calorimeter — thermistor, thermocouple.
[temperature-control devices] thermostat, thermoregulator.
(3) Taste

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