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thermograph
[ thur-muh-graf, -grahf ]
noun
- a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
thermograph
/ -ˌɡræf; ˈθɜːməʊˌɡrɑːf /
noun
- a type of thermometer that produces a continuous record of a fluctuating temperature
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thermograph1
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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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