Word Meanings - THERMOSCOPIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.

THERMOSCOPIC
Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.
PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
THERMOSCOPE
An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential
APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach