thermometer
device that measures temperature or a temperature gradient
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thermometer
Summary
thermometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,752 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- thermometer is credited with the discovery of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit[2].
- thermometer is credited with the discovery of Hero of Alexandria[3].
- thermometer is a type of meteorological instrument[4].
- thermometer is a type of laboratory equipment[5].
- thermometer is a type of measuring instrument[6].
- thermometer is used for meteorology[7].
- thermometer is used for temperature measurement[8].
- thermometer's Commons category is recorded as Measuring instruments (temperature)[9].
- thermometer's Unicode character is recorded as 🌡[10].
- thermometer's topic's main category is recorded as Q9582556[11].
- thermometer's Commons gallery is recorded as Thermometer[12].
- thermometer's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as weather:thermometer=yes[13].
- thermometer's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
- thermometer's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
- thermometer's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
- thermometer's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[17].
- thermometer's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18].
- thermometer's measures is recorded as temperature[19].
- thermometer's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
- thermometer's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.medicalrecords.com/medicalrecords/healthwise/thermometers[21].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include meteorological instrument[4], laboratory equipment[5], and measuring instrument[6].
Use and Application
Recorded has use include meteorology[7] and temperature measurement[8].
Why It Matters
thermometer ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,752 views/month).[1] thermometer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] thermometer is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]