n03749807
type | n |
lex_filenum | 06 |
def | thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit |
def | mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube |
Outgoing links | |
Hypernym | thermometer |
Hyponym | Beckman thermometer; clinical thermometer, mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer |
Part meronym | bulb |
Incoming links | |
Hypernym | Beckman thermometer; clinical thermometer, mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer |
Part holonym | bulb |
Hyponym | thermometer |
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