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.

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