| Dictionary: Ther·mo·scope |
[Thermo- + -scope.]
(Physics) 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 thermometer.
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| Medical Dictionary: ther·mo·scope |
An instrument that indicates slight differences of temperature but does not record them.
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