| adhesive tape | Fabric or film evenly coated on one side with a pressure-sensitive adhesive mixture. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cellulose tape technique | Use of a piece of transparent cellulose tape applied to a glass slide to obtain perianal samples for identification of pinworm eggs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tape | 1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape. 2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. Red tape. See Red. <botany> Tape grass, a plant (Vallisneria spiralis) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; called also fresh water eelgrass, and, in Maryland, wild celery. Tape needle. See Bodkin. Origin: AS. Taeppe a fillet. Cf. Tapestry, Tippet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tape recording | Recording of information on magnetic or punched paper tape. (12 Dec 1998) |
| air thermometer | See: gas thermometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axillary thermometer | Thermometer used by placing it in the armpit, with arm held closely to the side. Synonym: axillary thermometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axilla thermometer | Thermometer used by placing it in the armpit, with arm held closely to the side. Synonym: axillary thermometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gas thermometer | A thermometer filled with dry air or a gas, the expansion or increased pressure of which indicates the degree of heat; used to measure high temperatures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| resistance thermometer | A device measuring temperature by the change of the electrical resistance of a metal wire. Synonym: resistance pyrometer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical thermometer | A small, self-registering thermometer, consisting of a simple scaled glass tube containing mercury, used for taking the temperature of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water thermometer | <physics> A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39 deg Fahr, or 4 deg Centigrade; and from that point down to 32 deg Fahr, or 0 deg Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wet and dry bulb thermometer | An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer. Origin: Gr. Psychros cold: cf. F. Psychrometre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| self-registering thermometer | A thermometer in which the maximum or minimum temperature, during the period of observation, is registered by means of a special appliance; in the clinical thermometer only the highest temperature is registered, usually by a steel bar above the column of mercury or by a segment of the mercury separated from the main column by a bubble of air; after the maximum temperature is registered, the bar or segment of mercury remains in place as the column of mercury contracts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| spirit thermometer | A thermometer filled with alcohol, used to measure extreme degrees of cold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| surface thermometer | A thermometer in the form of a disk or strip that indicates the temperature of the portion of the skin to which it is applied. (05 Mar 2000) |