Thermometry
Thermometry (Aka. temperature measurement) is essential to a wide range of activities, including manufacturing, scientific research, and medical practice. The ability to measure temperature accurately was only developed recently.
- Temperature (like mass, length, time) is a chosen fundamental quantity. Therefore, arbitrarily chosen units (such as degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit or Kelvin) are used to measure temperature.
- Temperature is measured quantitatively by constructing a thermometer which makes use of a physical property of matter that varies continuously with temperature – thermometric property.