Gas thermometer
From Glossary of Meteorology
gas thermometer
A thermometer that utilizes the thermal properties of gas.
There are two forms of this instrument: 1) a type in which the gas is kept at constant volume, and pressure is the thermometric property; and 2) a type in which the gas is kept at constant pressure, and volume is the thermometric property.
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