thermograph

[ thur-muh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.

thermograph

/ -ˌɡræf; ˈθɜːməʊˌɡrɑːf /

noun

1. a type of thermometer that produces a continuous record of a fluctuating temperature

Word History and Origins

Origin of thermograph¹

First recorded in 1830–40; thermo- + -graph

Example Sentences

“What would be cool,” she says, “would be to take an infrared light photo or a thermograph of her to see if the spot pattern is still there—but invisible to our eye.”

From National Geographic

On such nights the reradiation of energy is not apparent in the traces of the thermographs.

From Project Gutenberg

The pressure of the air is measured by the mercurial barometer, and registered continuously by the barograph; the temperature of the air is automatically recorded by the thermograph.

From Project Gutenberg

The times when the kite-meteorograph crossed the 700-metre level in ascending and descending were determined from its barograph trace, and the synchronous temperatures and humidities were read from the records of its thermograph and hygrograph.

From Project Gutenberg

We cannot know the exact figures to adopt, but the general type of the thermograph for Mars as compared with that of the Earth will remain.

From Project Gutenberg