Monday, April 19, 2010

Thermometer

A thermometer (from the Greek θερμός (thermo) meaning "warm" and meter, "to measure") is
Ta device that measures temperature or temperature gradient using a variety
A clinical mercury thermometer
of different principles. A thermometer has two important elements: the temperature sensor (e.g. the bulb on a mercury thermometer) in which some physical change occurs with temperature, plus some means of converting this physical change into a value (e.g. the scale on a mercury thermometer). Thermometers increasingly use electronic means to provide a digital display or input to a computer

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