WordNet
n. 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-in-glass thermometer]
Usage examples of "mercury thermometer".
I have a precision mercury thermometer on order from the Essen Instrument Company thanks to my son, but they have a six month backlog in all of their orders, and their priority customers in Essen have first call on any emergency equipment.
She dug in her pack and came up with a little mercury thermometer, held it close to the guttering glowbird, and squinted.
Under the bathtub, Jemmakept a shoe box filled with adhesive tape, cotton swabs, Band-Aids,Mercurochrome, a mercury thermometer, St.
From a distance the refrigerator and the Cavity might have resembled a squat, old-fashioned mercury thermometer, with the Cavity serving as bulb.
She brought out an old fashioned mercury thermometer and her stethoscope and began an examination.