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English → English (WordNet) Definition: mercury-in-glass thermometer mercury-in-glass thermometer n : thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube [syn: mercury thermometer]