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telethermometer

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A thermometer that records its temperature at a distance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physics) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a thermometer that registers the temperature at some distant point

Etymologies

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tele- +‎ thermometer

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Examples

  • You might call this a thermo-electric thermometer, or a telethermometer, or

    The Dream Doctor 1908

  • As he did so he kept his attention fixed on the telethermometer.

    The Dream Doctor 1908

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