mercury-in-glass thermometer(n = noun.artifact) mercury thermometer - 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;
is a kind of thermometer
has parts: bulb
has particulars: beckman thermometer, clinical thermometer, mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer

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