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What do you understand by the term temperature? Distinguish between laboratory and clinical thermometers.

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The degree of hotness or coldness of an object is called its temperature.

                                  Laboratory thermometer

Laboratory thermometer Clinical thermometer
(i) It is used to measure temperatures for scientific purposes in a laboratory. It is used to measure temperature of the human body.
(ii) The kink is not present. A Slight bend or kink is present near the bulb.
(iii) The lower fixed point is - 10oC and upper fixed point is 110oC. The lower fixed point is 35oC or 95o F and the upper fixed point is 42oC or 108o F.

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