thermometry

noun

ther·​mom·​e·​try thər-ˈmä-mə-trē 

thə-ˈmä-mə-tər

: the measurement of temperature

Examples of thermometry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dental thermometry Paleontologists have long argued about dinosaur physiology based on indirect evidence like bone microstructure, growth rates, and where fossils turn up on the map. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 20 Sep. 2026

This finding held, even when researchers allowed for changes in thermometry methods and technologies. — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2022

Enter Danish astronomer Olaus Rømer, who heralded an innovation that would change thermometry forever. — Phil Jaekl, Time, 1 June 2021

But the reports have been convincing, says Luís Carlos, a nanoscientist at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, who studies intracellular thermometry but was not involved in the new study. — Alla Katsnelson, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2021

The newly bright prospects for ocean acoustic thermometry are also a validation for Munk, who was deeply saddened when his global acoustic dreams were muted, Cornuelle says. — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 17 Sep. 2020

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for thermometry

• cytometry
• geometry
• manometry
• morphometry
• optometry
• photometry
• spectrometry
• spirometry
• anthropometry
• audiometry
• densitometry
• radiometry

Medical Definition

thermometry

noun

ther·​mom·​e·​try thə(r)-ˈmäm-ə-trē 

plural thermometries

: the measurement of temperature