thermometer
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"That's the basis of using the isotopes as a thermometer," Eagle said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
More broadly, the thermometer climbed above 35 C in regions covering 80 percent of Europe’s residents, some 490 million people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 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
The hottest areas of the UK - namely southern England and parts of Wales - will see the thermometer rise to 38 or 39C, and this becomes particularly uncomfortable when you factor in the humidity.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Donovan was looking at the spring thermometer on his wrist.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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
Some new charcoal grills—traditionally the cook-anything-anywhere option—now require electricity to power internal fans and built-in thermometers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Newsom homed in on Trump’s climate change denials while speaking to New York Times reporter David Gelles at the paper’s Climate Forward forum on Wednesday, saying thermometers are not political.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
Telescopes and microscopes depended on pre-existing techniques for making lenses, and thermometers and barometers depended on pre-existing techniques for blowing glass.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing thermometer
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