Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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mercury-in-glass thermometer | Yes | No | No | No |
Beckman thermometer | Yes | No | No | No |
mercury-in-glass thermometer (noun) | Beckman thermometer (noun) |
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thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube | a mercury thermometer that measures small differences or changes in temperature |