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mercury thermometer

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1. n. thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube Source: wordnet

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mercury rise tube bottom bulb capillary causing celsius consisting contained degrees expands fahrenheit glass graduated marked sealed temperature thermometer thin thread

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