Definition of Thermometry

1. Noun. The measurement of temperature.

Generic synonyms: Measure, Measurement, Measuring, Mensuration
Derivative terms: Thermometric

Definition of Thermometry

1. n. The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.

Definition of Thermometry

1. Noun. (physics) the science and technology related to the measurement of temperature ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thermometry

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Medical Definition of Thermometry

1. The measurement of temperature. Origin: thermo-+ G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermometry

thermomagnetic
thermomagnetism
thermomagnetometry
thermomechanical
thermomechanics
thermomechanometry
thermometer
thermometers
thermometre
thermometres
thermometric
thermometrically
thermometries
thermometrograph
thermometry (current term)
thermomolecular
thermomultiplier
thermomultipliers
thermonatrite
thermoneurosis
thermoneutral
thermoneutrality
thermonuclear
thermonuclear bomb
thermonuclear conditions
thermonuclear fusion
thermonuclear reaction
thermonuclear reactor
thermonuclear warhead

Literary usage of Thermometry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Old Age by Jean Martin Charcot, Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (1881)
"CLINICAL IMPORTANCE OF thermometry IN OLD AGE.1 LECTURE XIX. Summary.—Importance of Clinical thermometry in General—Its Application to Senile ..."

2. Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Old Age by Jean Martin Charcot, Alfred Lebbeus Loomis (1881)
"It is no longer necessary, at the present day, to expend much eloquence in defence of clinical thermometry; this method has forced its own way, ..."

3. Clinical Lectures on Senile and Chronic Diseases by Jean Martin Charcot (1881)
"Axillary and rectal thermometry.—Temperature of the aged in disease. ... Clinical thermometry is of course a physical method of exploration in the same ..."

4. Clinical Lectures on Senile and Chronic Diseases by Jean Martin Charcot (1881)
"Axillary and rectal thermometry.—Temperature of the aged in disease. ... Clinical thermometry is of course a physical method of exploration in the same ..."

5. A First Course in Physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale (1906)
"CHAPTER VII thermometry-EXPANSION ... thermometry 177. Meaning of temperature. When a body feels hot to the touch we are accustomed to say that ..."

6. Practical Physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale, Willard R. Pyle (1913)
"CHAPTER VIII thermometry; EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS * thermometry 151. Meaning of temperature. When a body feels hot to the touch we are accustomed to say that ..."

7. A First Course in Physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale (1913)
"CHAPTER VII thermometry ; EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS* thermometry 151. ... See, for example, Experiments 14 and 15 of the authors' manual. thermometry ..."

8. A First course in physics by Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry Gordon Gale (1913)
"CHAPTER VII thermometry; EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS* thermometry 151. Meaning of temperature. When a body feels hot to the touch we are accustomed to say that ..."

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