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A sailor checking the temperature of a ventilation system. A pyrometer, or radiation thermometer, is a type of remote sensing thermometer used to measure the temperature of distant objects. Various forms of pyrometers have historically existed. In the modern usage, it is a device that from a distance determines the temperature of a surface from ...
A thermometer is a device that measures temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of an object) or temperature gradient (the rates of change of temperature in space). A thermometer has two important elements: (1) a temperature sensor (e.g. the bulb of a mercury-in-glass thermometer or the pyrometric sensor in an infrared thermometer) in ...
A medical/clinical thermometer showing the temperature of 38.7 °C (101.7 °F) Temperature measurement (also known as thermometry) describes the process of measuring a current temperature for immediate or later evaluation. Datasets consisting of repeated standardized measurements can be used to assess temperature trends.
Stevenson screens may also be known as a cotton region shelter, an instrument shelter, a thermometer shelter, a thermoscreen, or a thermometer screen. Its purpose is to provide a standardised environment in which to measure temperature, humidity, dewpoint, and atmospheric pressure. It is white in color to reflect direct solar radiation.
ThermoWorks makes one of the quickest, accurate and easy to use meat thermometers on the market—and for under $50. It hits the trifecta of the basics when it comes to this handy kitchen ...
A risen orange orb denotes 24 °C. A Galileo thermometer (or Galilean thermometer) is a thermometer made of a sealed glass cylinder containing a clear liquid and several glass vessels of varying density. The individual floats rise or fall in proportion to their respective density and the density of the surrounding liquid as the temperature changes.
A liquid crystal thermometer, temperature strip or plastic strip thermometer is a type of thermometer that contains heat-sensitive ( thermochromic) liquid crystals in a plastic strip that change colour to indicate different temperatures. [1] Liquid crystals possess the mechanical properties of a liquid, but have the optical properties of a ...
Rectal thermometry. A nurse taking the rectal temperature of a child. Rectal thermometry is taking a person's temperature by inserting a thermometer into the rectum via the anus. [1] This is generally regarded as the most accurate means of temperature-taking, but some may consider it to be an invasive or humiliating procedure.