1. mercury-vapor_lamp

noun. ultraviolet lamp that emits a strong bluish light (rich in ultraviolet radiation) as electric current passes through mercury vapor.

Rhymes with Mercury Barometer

• tensiometer
• photometer

Sentences with mercury-barometer

1. Noun Phrase
Non-mercury barometers should always be read as if at sea level.

2. Noun Phrase
If you have a mercury barometer, you must use special care when moving it.

3. Noun Phrase
You should never lay a mercury barometer flat.

4. Noun Phrase
A mercury barometer consists of a glass column marked off in inches.

2. mercury-in-glass_thermometer

noun. 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.

3. mercury-contaminated

adjective. contaminated by mercury.

4. mercury-in-glass_clinical_thermometer

noun. a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature.

5. barometer

noun. ['bɝˈɑːmɪtɝ'] an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure.

6. mercury

noun. ['ˈmɝːkjɝi'] a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures.

7. mercury

noun. ['ˈmɝːkjɝi'] temperature measured by a mercury thermometer.

8. Mercury

noun. the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun.