Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
THERMOMETRIC
thermometric
(adjective) of or relating to thermometry; “helium gas was the thermometric fluid”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
thermometric (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to the measurement of temperature
Of, pertaining to, or employing a thermometer
Source: Wiktionary
Ther`mo*met"ric, Ther`mo*met"ric*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. thermométrique.]
1. Of or pertaining to a thermometer; as, the thermometrical scale or tube.
2. Made, or ascertained, by means of a thermometer; as, thermometrical observations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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