Word Meanings - THERMOMETRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The estimation of temperature by the use of a thermometric apparatus.

Related words: (words related to THERMOMETRY)

• TEMPERATURE
  Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or
• ESTIMATION
  1. The act of estimating. Shak. 2. An opinion or judgment of the worth, extent, or quantity of anything, formed without using precise data; valuation; as, estimations of distance, magnitude, amount, or moral qualities. If he be poorer that thy
• THERMOMETRIC; THERMOMETRICAL
  1. Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube. 2. Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.
• APPARATUS
  A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. (more info) 1. Things provided as means to some end. 2. Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or
• THERMOMETRICALLY
  In a thermometrical manner; by means of a thermometer.
• DISTEMPERATURE
  1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. 2. Disorder; confusion. Shak. 3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures
• CONTEMPERATURE
  The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature. The different contemperature of the elements. SDouth.
• SELF-ESTIMATION
  The act of estimating one's self; self-esteem.
• DISESTIMATION
  Disesteem.
• BUFFING APPARATUS
  See 1
• INTEMPERATURE
  Intemperateness. Boyle.