 mercury_thermometer |
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| 1. | [ 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 | |
| Synonyms: | mercury-in-glass_thermometer | |
| Related terms: | thermometer clinical_thermometer Beckman_thermometer bulb | |
| Similar spelling: |
mercury_barometer mercury_chloride |
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