thermometer
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It was July in the Mojave Desert, and the thermometer climbed toward 110 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
"That's the basis of using the isotopes as a thermometer," Eagle said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
By Wednesday, the thermometer could hit 105 degrees in Lancaster, 103 in Canoga Park, 98 in Santa Clarita, 95 in Covina, 89 in downtown L.A.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Inside, the temperature is 23C while outside the thermometer read 30C on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
When she took the thermometer out she read it and then shook it.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
Even at sea, thermometers have registered record temperatures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Today, gallium is widely used in semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, LEDs, laser diodes, solar panels, high performance computing, the aerospace and defense industries, and as a safer alternative to mercury in thermometers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Two people in the area fainted as thermometers showed the temperature hitting 97 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
As the UK's national weather service, the Met Office is the custodian of the Central England Temperature record, the longest running weather record in the world, based on measurements taken using thermometers and other instruments.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
One of his early ideas was one of the first thermometers, which worked ‘upside down’ to modern eyes.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing thermometer
Physical Geography - Introductory
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