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thermograph

[ thur-muh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

  1. a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.


thermograph

/ -ˌɡræf; ˈθɜːməʊˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. a type of thermometer that produces a continuous record of a fluctuating temperature


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thermograph1

First recorded in 1830–40; thermo- + -graph

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Example Sentences

In 1894, along with journalist and pioneering meteorologist William Eddy, the scientists strapped a thermograph to a wooden board and used a kite to keep it aloft for over four hours, flying as high as 1,400 feet.

The bag was raised to the top of a six-foot snow mound, a thermograph being placed alongside.

The general care of the barograph is the same as that of the thermograph.

The other thermograph had evidently been constructed with a view to the tropics; at any rate, it would not go in the cold.

This was particularly annoying, because this thermograph had been working so well in low temperatures.

Well, it was an old meat-tin circulating inside the thermograph case.

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