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thermometer
(mass) | thermometer
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thermometer
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Thermometer
(gcide) | Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\ (th[~e]r*m[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermom[`e]tre. See Thermal.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the
principle that changes of temperature in bodies are
accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or
dimensions.
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Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing
mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting
according to the temperature to which it is exposed,
indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of
space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of
the liquid column on a graduated scale. See
Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and R['e]aumur.
[1913 Webster] To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
Centigrade, subtract 32[deg] and multiply by 5/9; to
reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit,
multiply by 9/5 and add 32[deg].
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Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under
Air, Balance, etc.
Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating
changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of
rods or strips of metal.
Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a
thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of
temperature occurring in the interval of time between two
consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form
contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the
column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a
slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and
left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
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thermometer
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n 1: measuring instrument for measuring temperature |
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clinical thermometer
(mass) | clinical thermometer
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clinical thermometer
(encz) | clinical thermometer, n: |
dry-bulb thermometer
(encz) | dry-bulb thermometer, n: |
electric thermometer
(encz) | electric thermometer, n: |
fahrenheit thermometer
(encz) | Fahrenheit thermometer, |
gas thermometer
(encz) | gas thermometer, n: |
maximum and minimum thermometer
(encz) | maximum and minimum thermometer, n: |
meat thermometer
(encz) | meat thermometer, n: |
mercury thermometer
(encz) | mercury thermometer, n: |
mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer
(encz) | mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer, n: |
mercury-in-glass thermometer
(encz) | mercury-in-glass thermometer, n: |
oven thermometer
(encz) | oven thermometer, n: |
resistance thermometer
(encz) | resistance thermometer, n: |
reversing thermometer
(encz) | reversing thermometer, n: |
self-registering thermometer
(encz) | self-registering thermometer, n: |
telethermometer
(encz) | telethermometer, n: |
thermoelectric thermometer
(encz) | thermoelectric thermometer, n: |
wet-bulb thermometer
(encz) | wet-bulb thermometer, n: |
Air thermometer
(gcide) | Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\ (th[~e]r*m[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermom[`e]tre. See Thermal.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the
principle that changes of temperature in bodies are
accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or
dimensions.
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Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing
mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting
according to the temperature to which it is exposed,
indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of
space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of
the liquid column on a graduated scale. See
Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and R['e]aumur.
[1913 Webster] To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
Centigrade, subtract 32[deg] and multiply by 5/9; to
reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit,
multiply by 9/5 and add 32[deg].
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Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under
Air, Balance, etc.
Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating
changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of
rods or strips of metal.
Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a
thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of
temperature occurring in the interval of time between two
consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form
contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the
column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a
slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and
left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
[1913 Webster] ThermometricAir \Air\ ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a["e]r, fr. Gr.
'ah`r, air, mist, for 'a[digamma]hr, fr. root 'a[digamma] to
blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the
French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr.
the same Latin word; and in senses 11, 12, 13 the French
meaning is either fr. L. aria, or due to confusion with F.
aire, in an older sense of origin, descent. Cf. A["e]ry,
Debonair, Malaria, Wind.]
1. The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth;
the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid,
transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
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Note: By the ancient philosophers, air was regarded as an
element; but modern science has shown that it is
essentially a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, with a
small amount of carbon dioxide, the average proportions
being, by volume: oxygen, 20.96 per cent.; nitrogen,
79.00 per cent.; carbon dioxide, 0.04 per cent. These
proportions are subject to a very slight variability.
Air also always contains some vapor of water.
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2. Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
"Charm ache with air." --Shak.
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He was still all air and fire. [Air and fire being
the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and
water.] --Macaulay
.
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3. A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat,
cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as,
a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
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4. Any a["e]riform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly
called vital air. [Obs.]
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5. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
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Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play.
--Pope.
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6. Odoriferous or contaminated air.
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7. That which surrounds and influences.
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The keen, the wholesome air of poverty.
--Wordsworth.
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8. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
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You gave it air before me. --Dryden.
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9. Intelligence; information. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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10. (Mus.)
(a) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in
consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical
and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single
voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to
plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody;
a tune; an aria.
(b) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc.,
the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern
harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called
the air.
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11. The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person;
mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a
lofty air. "His very air." --Shak.
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12. Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance;
manner; style.
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It was communicated with the air of a secret.
--Pope.
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12. pl. An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or
vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts
on airs. --Thackeray.
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14. (Paint.)
(a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
the atmospheric medium through which every object in
nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
(b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
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15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
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Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
compound term. In most cases it might be written
indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
first element of the compound term, with or without the
hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
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Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath.
(a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
(b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as
a motive power.
Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
confined air.
Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
not on blast.
Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
air.
Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
utilized.
Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the
contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
changes of temperature.
Air threads, gossamer.
Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
air from a room.
Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
and allows air to enter.
Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air.
(a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
rumors.
(b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
(c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
on the air, currently transmitting; live; -- used of radio
and television broadcasts, to indicate that the images and
sounds being picked up by cameras and microphones are
being broadcast at the present moment.
Note: In call-in programs where individuals outside a radio
or television studio have telephoned into the station,
when their voice is being directly broadcast, the host
of the program commonly states "You're on the air." as
a warning that the conversation is not private.
To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.
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Balance thermometer
(gcide) | Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\ (th[~e]r*m[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermom[`e]tre. See Thermal.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the
principle that changes of temperature in bodies are
accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or
dimensions.
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Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing
mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting
according to the temperature to which it is exposed,
indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of
space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of
the liquid column on a graduated scale. See
Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and R['e]aumur.
[1913 Webster] To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
Centigrade, subtract 32[deg] and multiply by 5/9; to
reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit,
multiply by 9/5 and add 32[deg].
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Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under
Air, Balance, etc.
Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating
changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of
rods or strips of metal.
Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a
thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of
temperature occurring in the interval of time between two
consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form
contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the
column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a
slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and
left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
[1913 Webster] ThermometricBalance \Bal"ance\ (b[a^]l"ans), n. [OE. balaunce, F. balance,
fr. L. bilanx, bilancis, having two scales; bis twice (akin
to E. two) + lanx plate, scale.]
1. An apparatus for weighing.
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Note: In its simplest form, a balance consists of a beam or
lever supported exactly in the middle, having two
scales or basins of equal weight suspended from its
extremities. Another form is that of the Roman balance,
our steelyard, consisting of a lever or beam, suspended
near one of its extremities, on the longer arm of which
a counterpoise slides. The name is also given to other
forms of apparatus for weighing bodies, as to the
combinations of levers making up platform scales; and
even to devices for weighing by the elasticity of a
spring.
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2. Act of weighing mentally; comparison; estimate.
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A fair balance of the advantages on either side.
--Atterbury.
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3. Equipoise between the weights in opposite scales.
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4. The state of being in equipoise; equilibrium; even
adjustment; steadiness.
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And hung a bottle on each side
To make his balance true. --Cowper.
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The order and balance of the country were destroyed.
--Buckle.
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English workmen completely lose their balance. --J.
S. Mill.
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5. An equality between the sums total of the two sides of an
account; as, to bring one's accounts to a balance; --
also, the excess on either side; as, the balance of an
account. "A balance at the banker's." --Thackeray.
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I still think the balance of probabilities leans
towards the account given in the text. --J. Peile.
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6. (Horol.) A balance wheel, as of a watch, or clock. See
Balance wheel (in the Vocabulary).
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7. (Astron.)
(a) The constellation Libra.
(b) The seventh sign in the Zodiac, called Libra, which
the sun enters at the equinox in September.
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8. A movement in dancing. See Balance, v. t., 8.
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Balance electrometer, a kind of balance, with a poised
beam, which indicates, by weights suspended from one arm,
the mutual attraction of oppositely electrified surfaces.
--Knight.
Balance fish. (Zool.) See Hammerhead.
Balance knife, a carving or table knife the handle of which
overbalances the blade, and so keeps it from contact with
the table.
Balance of power (Politics), such an adjustment of power
among sovereign states that no one state is in a position
to interfere with the independence of the others;
international equilibrium; also, the ability (of a state
or a third party within a state) to control the relations
between sovereign states or between dominant parties in a
state.
Balance sheet (Bookkeeping), a paper showing the balances
of the open accounts of a business, the debit and credit
balances footing up equally, if the system of accounts be
complete and the balances correctly taken.
Balance thermometer, a thermometer mounted as a balance so
that the movement of the mercurial column changes the
inclination of the tube. With the aid of electrical or
mechanical devices adapted to it, it is used for the
automatic regulation of the temperature of rooms warmed
artificially, and as a fire alarm.
Balance of torsion. See Torsion Balance.
Balance of trade (Pol. Econ.), an equilibrium between the
money values of the exports and imports of a country; or
more commonly, the amount required on one side or the
other to make such an equilibrium.
Balance valve, a valve whose surfaces are so arranged that
the fluid pressure tending to seat, and that tending to
unseat, the valve, are nearly in equilibrium; esp., a
puppet valve which is made to operate easily by the
admission of steam to both sides. See Puppet valve.
Hydrostatic balance. See under Hydrostatic.
To lay in balance, to put up as a pledge or security.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
To strike a balance, to find out the difference between the
debit and credit sides of an account.
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Celsius thermometer
(gcide) | Centigrade \Cen"ti*grade\, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.). In measurements, abreviated C.
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Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale. Measurements are
reported as [deg] C.
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Centigrade thermometer
(gcide) | Centigrade \Cen"ti*grade\, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.). In measurements, abreviated C.
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Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale. Measurements are
reported as [deg] C.
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Diathermometer
(gcide) | Diathermometer \Di`a*ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? warm + -meter.
See Diathermal.] (Physics)
An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or
heat-conducting power of liquids.
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differential thermometer
(gcide) | Thermoscope \Ther"mo*scope\, n. [Thermo- + -scope.] (Physics)
An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without
indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected;
especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which,
as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the
differential thermometer.
[1913 Webster]differential \dif`fer*en"tial\, a. [Cf. F. diff['e]rentiel.]
1. Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a
difference; discriminating; special; as, differential
characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate.
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For whom he produced differential favors. --Motley.
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2. (Math.) Of or pertaining to a differential, or to
differentials.
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3. (Mech.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage;
producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism.
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Differential calculus. (Math.) See under Calculus.
Differential coefficient, the limit of the ratio of the
increment of a function of a variable to the increment of
the variable itself, when these increments are made
indefinitely small.
Differential coupling, a form of slip coupling used in
light machinery to regulate at pleasure the velocity of
the connected shaft.
Differential duties (Polit. Econ.), duties which are not
imposed equally upon the same products imported from
different countries.
Differential galvanometer (Elec.), a galvanometer having
two coils or circuits, usually equal, through which
currents passing in opposite directions are measured by
the difference of their effect upon the needle.
Differential gearing, a train of toothed wheels, usually an
epicyclic train, so arranged as to constitute a
differential motion.
Differential motion, a mechanism in which a simple
differential combination produces such a change of motion
or force as would, with ordinary compound arrangements,
require a considerable train of parts. It is used for
overcoming great resistance or producing very slow or very
rapid motion.
Differential pulley. (Mach.)
(a) A portable hoisting apparatus, the same in principle
as the differential windlass.
(b) A hoisting pulley to which power is applied through a
differential gearing.
Differential screw, a compound screw by which a motion is
produced equal to the difference of the motions of the
component screws.
Differential thermometer, a thermometer usually with a
U-shaped tube terminating in two air bulbs, and containing
a colored liquid, used for indicating the difference
between the temperatures to which the two bulbs are
exposed, by the change of position of the colored fluid,
in consequence of the different expansions of the air in
the bulbs. A graduated scale is attached to one leg of the
tube.
Differential windlass, or Chinese windlass, a windlass
whose barrel has two parts of different diameters. The
hoisting rope winds upon one part as it unwinds from the
other, and a pulley sustaining the weight to be lifted
hangs in the bight of the rope. It is an ancient example
of a differential motion.
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Differential thermometer
(gcide) | Thermoscope \Ther"mo*scope\, n. [Thermo- + -scope.] (Physics)
An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without
indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected;
especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which,
as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the
differential thermometer.
[1913 Webster]differential \dif`fer*en"tial\, a. [Cf. F. diff['e]rentiel.]
1. Relating to or indicating a difference; creating a
difference; discriminating; special; as, differential
characteristics; differential duties; a differential rate.
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For whom he produced differential favors. --Motley.
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2. (Math.) Of or pertaining to a differential, or to
differentials.
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3. (Mech.) Relating to differences of motion or leverage;
producing effects by such differences; said of mechanism.
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Differential calculus. (Math.) See under Calculus.
Differential coefficient, the limit of the ratio of the
increment of a function of a variable to the increment of
the variable itself, when these increments are made
indefinitely small.
Differential coupling, a form of slip coupling used in
light machinery to regulate at pleasure the velocity of
the connected shaft.
Differential duties (Polit. Econ.), duties which are not
imposed equally upon the same products imported from
different countries.
Differential galvanometer (Elec.), a galvanometer having
two coils or circuits, usually equal, through which
currents passing in opposite directions are measured by
the difference of their effect upon the needle.
Differential gearing, a train of toothed wheels, usually an
epicyclic train, so arranged as to constitute a
differential motion.
Differential motion, a mechanism in which a simple
differential combination produces such a change of motion
or force as would, with ordinary compound arrangements,
require a considerable train of parts. It is used for
overcoming great resistance or producing very slow or very
rapid motion.
Differential pulley. (Mach.)
(a) A portable hoisting apparatus, the same in principle
as the differential windlass.
(b) A hoisting pulley to which power is applied through a
differential gearing.
Differential screw, a compound screw by which a motion is
produced equal to the difference of the motions of the
component screws.
Differential thermometer, a thermometer usually with a
U-shaped tube terminating in two air bulbs, and containing
a colored liquid, used for indicating the difference
between the temperatures to which the two bulbs are
exposed, by the change of position of the colored fluid,
in consequence of the different expansions of the air in
the bulbs. A graduated scale is attached to one leg of the
tube.
Differential windlass, or Chinese windlass, a windlass
whose barrel has two parts of different diameters. The
hoisting rope winds upon one part as it unwinds from the
other, and a pulley sustaining the weight to be lifted
hangs in the bight of the rope. It is an ancient example
of a differential motion.
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Fahrenheit thermometer
(gcide) | Fahrenheit \Fah"ren*heit\prop. a. [G.]
Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in
the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to
Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to
celsius. -- n. The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale.
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Note: The
Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing
point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its
scale, and the boiling point at one atmosphere of pressure
is 212 degrees. It is commonly used in the United States
and in England.
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Geothermometer
(gcide) | Geothermometer \Ge`o*ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the
earth + E. thermometer.] (Physics)
A thermometer specially constructed for measuring
temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.
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Maximum thermometer
(gcide) | Maximum \Max"i*mum\, n.; pl. Maxima. [L., neut. from maximus
the greatest. See Maxim.]
The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case;
or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first
increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or
degree; -- opposed to minimum.
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Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to
the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.
--P.
Colquhoun.
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Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the
highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or
since its last adjustment.
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Metallic thermometer
(gcide) | Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\ (th[~e]r*m[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermom[`e]tre. See Thermal.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the
principle that changes of temperature in bodies are
accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or
dimensions.
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Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing
mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting
according to the temperature to which it is exposed,
indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of
space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of
the liquid column on a graduated scale. See
Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and R['e]aumur.
[1913 Webster] To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
Centigrade, subtract 32[deg] and multiply by 5/9; to
reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit,
multiply by 9/5 and add 32[deg].
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Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under
Air, Balance, etc.
Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating
changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of
rods or strips of metal.
Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a
thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of
temperature occurring in the interval of time between two
consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form
contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the
column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a
slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and
left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
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Minimum thermometer
(gcide) | Minimum \Min"i*mum\, n.; pl. Minima. [L., fr. minimus. See
Minim.]
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a
given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed
to maximum.
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Minimum thermometer, a thermometer for recording the lowest
temperature since its last adjustment.
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Register thermometer
(gcide) | Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\ (th[~e]r*m[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermom[`e]tre. See Thermal.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the
principle that changes of temperature in bodies are
accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or
dimensions.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing
mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting
according to the temperature to which it is exposed,
indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of
space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of
the liquid column on a graduated scale. See
Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and R['e]aumur.
[1913 Webster] To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
Centigrade, subtract 32[deg] and multiply by 5/9; to
reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit,
multiply by 9/5 and add 32[deg].
[1913 Webster]
Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under
Air, Balance, etc.
Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating
changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of
rods or strips of metal.
Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a
thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of
temperature occurring in the interval of time between two
consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form
contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the
column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a
slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and
left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
[1913 Webster] Thermometric |
Self-registering thermometer
(gcide) | Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\ (th[~e]r*m[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermom[`e]tre. See Thermal.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the
principle that changes of temperature in bodies are
accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or
dimensions.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing
mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting
according to the temperature to which it is exposed,
indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of
space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of
the liquid column on a graduated scale. See
Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and R['e]aumur.
[1913 Webster] To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
Centigrade, subtract 32[deg] and multiply by 5/9; to
reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit,
multiply by 9/5 and add 32[deg].
[1913 Webster]
Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under
Air, Balance, etc.
Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating
changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of
rods or strips of metal.
Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a
thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of
temperature occurring in the interval of time between two
consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form
contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the
column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a
slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and
left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
[1913 Webster] Thermometric |
Telethermometer
(gcide) | Telethermometer \Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? far off + E.
thermometer.] (Physics)
An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant
point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
[1913 Webster] |
Thermometer
(gcide) | Thermometer \Ther*mom"e*ter\ (th[~e]r*m[o^]m"[-e]*t[~e]r), n.
[Thermo- + -meter: cf. F. thermom[`e]tre. See Thermal.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the
principle that changes of temperature in bodies are
accompanied by proportional changes in their volumes or
dimensions.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The thermometer usually consists of a glass tube of
capillary bore, terminating in a bulb, and containing
mercury or alcohol, which expanding or contracting
according to the temperature to which it is exposed,
indicates the degree of heat or cold by the amount of
space occupied, as shown by the position of the top of
the liquid column on a graduated scale. See
Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and R['e]aumur.
[1913 Webster] To reduce degrees Fahrenheit to degrees
Centigrade, subtract 32[deg] and multiply by 5/9; to
reduce degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit,
multiply by 9/5 and add 32[deg].
[1913 Webster]
Air thermometer, Balance thermometer, etc. See under
Air, Balance, etc.
Metallic thermometer, a form of thermometer indicating
changes of temperature by the expansion or contraction of
rods or strips of metal.
Register thermometer, or Self-registering thermometer, a
thermometer that registers the maximum and minimum of
temperature occurring in the interval of time between two
consecutive settings of the instrument. A common form
contains a bit of steel wire to be pushed before the
column and left at the point of maximum temperature, or a
slide of enamel, which is drawn back by the liquid, and
left within it at the point of minimum temperature.
[1913 Webster] Thermometric |
Upsetting thermometer
(gcide) | Upsetting thermometer \Up*set"ting ther*mom"e*ter\
A thermometer by merely inverting which the temperature may
be registered. The column of mercury is broken and, as it
remains until the instrument is reset, the reading may be
made at leisure.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Water thermometer
(gcide) | Water thermometer \Wa"ter ther*mom"e*ter\ (Physics)
A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for
ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains
its maximum density. This is about 39[deg] Fahr., or 4[deg]
Centigrade; and from that point down to 32[deg] Fahr., or
0[deg] Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.
[1913 Webster] |
Wet-bulb thermometer
(gcide) | Wet-bulb thermometer \Wet-bulb thermometer\ (Physics)
That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer
the bulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
air thermometer
(wn) | air thermometer
n 1: thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the
pressure of a gas kept at constant volume [syn: {gas
thermometer}, air thermometer] |
alcohol thermometer
(wn) | alcohol thermometer
n 1: thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked
with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol
which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with
changes in temperature [syn: alcohol thermometer,
alcohol-in-glass thermometer] |
alcohol-in-glass thermometer
(wn) | alcohol-in-glass thermometer
n 1: thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked
with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol
which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with
changes in temperature [syn: alcohol thermometer,
alcohol-in-glass thermometer] |
beckman thermometer
(wn) | Beckman thermometer
n 1: a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or
changes in temperature |
candy thermometer
(wn) | candy thermometer
n 1: a thermometer used to determine the temperature of candy
syrups during cooking |
centigrade thermometer
(wn) | Centigrade thermometer
n 1: a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade |
clinical thermometer
(wn) | clinical thermometer
n 1: a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature
of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees
on either side of the normal body temperature [syn:
clinical thermometer, {mercury-in-glass clinical
thermometer}] |
dry-bulb thermometer
(wn) | dry-bulb thermometer
n 1: an ordinary thermometer with a dry bulb; used to measure
the air temperature [ant: wet-bulb thermometer] |
electric thermometer
(wn) | electric thermometer
n 1: a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure
temperature [syn: thermoelectric thermometer, thermel,
electric thermometer] |
fahrenheit thermometer
(wn) | Fahrenheit thermometer
n 1: a thermometer calibrated in degrees Fahrenheit |
gas thermometer
(wn) | gas thermometer
n 1: thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the
pressure of a gas kept at constant volume [syn: {gas
thermometer}, air thermometer] |
maximum and minimum thermometer
(wn) | maximum and minimum thermometer
n 1: thermometer that records the highest and lowest
temperatures reached during a period of time |
meat thermometer
(wn) | meat thermometer
n 1: a thermometer that is inserted into the center of a roast
(with the top away from the heat source); used to measure
how well done the meat is |
mercury thermometer
(wn) | mercury thermometer
n 1: thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at
the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube
marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands
with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury
to rise in the tube [syn: mercury thermometer, {mercury-
in-glass thermometer}] |
mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer
(wn) | mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer
n 1: a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature
of the human body; graduated to cover a range a few degrees
on either side of the normal body temperature [syn:
clinical thermometer, {mercury-in-glass clinical
thermometer}] |
mercury-in-glass thermometer
(wn) | mercury-in-glass thermometer
n 1: thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at
the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube
marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands
with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury
to rise in the tube [syn: mercury thermometer, {mercury-
in-glass thermometer}] |
oven thermometer
(wn) | oven thermometer
n 1: a thermometer that registers the temperature inside an oven |
platinum thermometer
(wn) | platinum thermometer
n 1: thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the
resistance of a spiral of platinum wire [syn: {resistance
thermometer}, platinum thermometer] |
reaumur thermometer
(wn) | Reaumur thermometer
n 1: an alcohol thermometer calibrated in degrees Reaumur |
resistance thermometer
(wn) | resistance thermometer
n 1: thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the
resistance of a spiral of platinum wire [syn: {resistance
thermometer}, platinum thermometer] |
reversing thermometer
(wn) | reversing thermometer
n 1: a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters |
self-registering thermometer
(wn) | self-registering thermometer
n 1: a thermometer that records the temperature automatically |
telethermometer
(wn) | telethermometer
n 1: a thermometer that registers the temperature at some
distant point |
thermoelectric thermometer
(wn) | thermoelectric thermometer
n 1: a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure
temperature [syn: thermoelectric thermometer, thermel,
electric thermometer] |
wet-bulb thermometer
(wn) | wet-bulb thermometer
n 1: a thermometer with a bulb that is covered with moist
muslin; used in a psychrometer to measure humidity [ant:
dry-bulb thermometer] |
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