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Detailed Synonyms for mercury-in-glass thermometer in English
mercury-in-glass thermometer:
mercury-in-glass thermometer [the ~] noun
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the mercury-in-glass thermometer
– 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 1the mercury thermometer; the mercury-in-glass thermometer– 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 1