thermometer
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If the thermometer fails to reach 20C anywhere in the UK, it will be the first time that has happened since 11 June.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
That relationship allows researchers to use the chemical signature preserved in fossil teeth as a kind of ancient thermometer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
It’s a few minutes after 10 a.m. on a recent morning and the thermometer is closing in on 95 degrees, but Marc Papas isn’t fazed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Rare is the suburban grill chef who doesn’t keep an instant-read thermometer in his apron pocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
After the thermometer beeps, the nurse flicks the cone into the wastebasket and writes something on my chart.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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
"Europe bakes in fierce heat" is the FT Weekend's headline as it reports the continent sweltered through a fifth day of record-breaking temperatures, with thermometers topping 40C.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
But as it turns out, the drone thermometers were detecting the temperatures only on the outside of the problem tank, not its inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
One of his early ideas was one of the first thermometers, which worked ‘upside down’ to modern eyes.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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