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Definition of Resistance thermometer
1. Noun. Thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire.
Medical Definition of Resistance thermometer
1. A device measuring temperature by the change of the electrical resistance of a metal wire. Synonym: resistance pyrometer. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resistance Thermometer
Literary usage of Resistance thermometer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In the platinum-resistance thermometer, temperature is defined as ... The platinum-
resistance thermometer gives great promise of being a highly valuable ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In the platinum-resistance thermometer, temperature is denned as proportional
... The platinum- resistance thermometer gives great promise of being a highly ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"The arguments in favour of the adoption of the platinum resistance thermometer
as a practical standard were given by Professor HL ..."
4. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"Calibration of a resistance thermometer THEORY OF EXPERIMENT. — Read Art. 46.
The mercury-in- glass thermometer is unavailable for the measurement of ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"He has chosen the platinum resistance thermometer as the primary standard of the
bureau because it defines a scale of temperature that is at any time ..."
6. The Measurement of High Temperatures by George Kimball Burgess, Henri Le Chatelier (1912)
"The Harris Direct-reading Resistance-thermometer Indicator, manufactured by Mr.
Robert W. Paul of London, indicates temperatures directly by the movement of ..."
7. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"These were calibrated, immersed always to the same respective levels, against a
platinum resistance thermometer of quartz with gold leads for every 5°, ..."
8. Methods of Measuring Electrical Resistance by Edwin Fitch Northrup (1912)
"resistance thermometer Bridge with Two Traveling Contacts. ... Here T represents
the resistance of a resistance thermometer and y, y represent the equal ..."
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