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Thermometer
An instrument for measuring temperature.
The Greek roots
θερμός
thermós
hot
μέτρον
métron
measure
Literally: “heat measurer”
The story of the word
Literally a 'heat-measure'; thermós also gives us thermos, thermal, and thermodynamics.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
The thermometer read forty degrees in the shade.