1. 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.

Rhymes with Mercury Thermometer

• spectrometer
• magnetometer
• interferometer
• densitometer
• accelerometer
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• speedometer
• micrometer
• hygrometer
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• fluorometer
• anemometer
• kilometer
• odometer

Sentences with mercury-thermometer

1. Noun Phrase
* Digital: Digital thermometers now replace the glass mercury thermometers of your childhood.

2. Noun Phrase
Never put a broken mercury thermometer in the trash, and keep your children away from the contaminated area.

3. Noun Phrase
For example, digital thermometers remove the threat of a broken mercury thermometer.

4. Noun Phrase
Historically, mercury thermometers have been used for nearly all temperature measurements because of their accuracy and low cost.

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-vapor_lamp

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

5. thermometer

noun. ['θɝˈmɑːmətɝ'] measuring instrument for measuring temperature.

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.