Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.
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- adverb In terms of, or by means of,
thermometry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The summer, they say, is thermometrically hotter, but practically cooler, because of the regular trades which set in in April, but now, with the shaded thermometer at 80 degrees and the sky without clouds, the heat is not oppressive.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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What is thermometrically called the dew-point is that degree at which the moisture present in the atmosphere, on being subjected to a decrease of temperature, begins to be precipitated or condensed.
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The heat then, although not thermometrically extreme, is peculiarly oppressive, relaxing, and long continued.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 354, January 31, 1829 Various
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The summer, they say, is thermometrically hotter, but practically cooler, because of the regular trades which set in in
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"For a month, or some forty days," he wrote -- "a dreadful Lent -- the wind has blown geographically from 'Araby the blest,' but thermometrically from Iceland the accursed.
How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon
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"For a month, or some forty days," he wrote -- "a dreadful Lent -- the mind has blown geographically from 'Araby the blest,' but thermometrically from Iceland the accursed.
Character Samuel Smiles 1858
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