reversing thermometer

noun

A mercury-in-glass thermometer that can be inverted to make it record a temperature for later viewing.

Meanings

nounreversing thermometer (plural reversing thermometers)

plural reversing thermometers

  1. A mercury-in-glass thermometer that can be inverted to make it record a temperature for later viewing.
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