What's the difference between thermoscope and thermoscopic?
Thermoscope
Definition:
(n.) An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.
Example Sentences:
(1) The installation of a 'thermoscopic' mixing valve, pre-set and locked at 43 degrees C, at bath and shower outlets can totally eliminate the risk of hot tapwater scalds.
Thermoscopic
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.
Example Sentences:
(1) The installation of a 'thermoscopic' mixing valve, pre-set and locked at 43 degrees C, at bath and shower outlets can totally eliminate the risk of hot tapwater scalds.