Dictionary 1. (n.) An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.2. (n.) An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer. Thesaurus calorimeter chemical detector clinical thermometer cryometer electric thermometer electronic counter electronic detector error corrector error detector galvanothermometer gas thermometer liquid-level sensor meat thermometer metal detector photoelectric sorter pyrometer pyrometric cone resistance pyrometer sensor telethermometer temperature sensor thermocouple thermoelectrometer thermometrograph thermostat ultrasonic detector |