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bimetallic thermometer

bimetallic thermometer

[¦bī·mə′tal·ik thər′mäm·əd·ər]
(engineering)
A temperature-measuring instrument in which the differential thermal expansion of thin, dissimilar metals, bonded together into a narrow strip and coiled into the shape of a helix or spiral, is used to actuate a pointer. Also known as differential thermometer.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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