resistance thermometer

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   thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire

   Synonymsplatinum thermometer

   Broaderthermometer

Questions about resistance thermometer

What does resistance thermometer mean?

resistance thermometer means "thermometer that measures temperature by changes in the resistance of a spiral of platinum wire".

What is another word for resistance thermometer?

Close synonyms include platinum thermometer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is resistance thermometer a common word?

resistance thermometer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.