thermometer

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The wet bulb temperature is what a thermometer measures when a wet rag is wrapped around it, so it takes account of the cooling effects of sweat.

From Science Daily

An “impressive” ridge of high pressure will then catapult the mercury up the thermometer over the weekend, the weather service said.

From Seattle Times

While temperature is a part of this imbalance, there are other aspects of it too that cannot be measured solely with a thermometer.

From Salon

The researchers confirmed the robots worked as programmed by varying the temperature and comparing the readouts with the values from a macroscopic thermometer placed in the solution.

From Science Magazine

Overnight lows will also nudge up the thermometer, reaching the lower 40s by the start of the weekend.

From Seattle Times