different between therapy vs thermometer

English

Etymology

From New Latin therap?a, from Ancient Greek ???????? (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from ???????? (therapeú?, “I serve, treat medically”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?r??-p?, IPA^(key): /????.?.pi/

Noun

therapy (countable and uncountable, plural therapies)

1. Attempted remediation of a health problem following a diagnosis, usually synonymous with treatment.
   1. Specifically, psychotherapy.
2. Healing power or quality.

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References

• therapy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

therapy (third-person singular simple present therapies, present participle therapying, simple past and past participle therapied)

1. (transitive, rare) To treat with a therapy.
2. (intransitive, rare) To undergo a therapy.

Anagrams

• prayeth

English

Alternative forms

• thermometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from French thermomètre, equivalent to thermo- +? -meter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???m?m?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m?m?t?/
• Hyphenation: ther?mom?e?ter
• Rhymes: -?m?t?(?)

Noun

thermometer (plural thermometers)

1. An apparatus used to measure temperature.
   • 1835, John Ross, James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pages 284-5:

     Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

   • 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":

     The brothers had thrust the thermometer between two circuit boards in order to look for hot spots inside m zero. The thermometer’s dial was marked “Beef Rare—Ham—Beef Med—Pork.” “You want to keep the machine below ‘Pork,’” Gregory remarked.

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See also

• barometer
• hygrometer
• temperature sensor

Anagrams

• thermometre

Dutch

Etymology

From thermo- +? meter.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ther?mo?me?ter

Noun

thermometer m (plural thermometers, diminutive thermometertje n)

1. thermometer

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: termometer