cặp mạch
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Definition
- Noun:
- Thermocouple: A sensor used to measure temperature, consisting of two wires made of different metals joined at one end. When the junction is heated or cooled, it creates a small electrical voltage that can be measured and correlated to temperature.
- Taking a temperature: The act of measuring a person's body temperature, typically with a thermometer.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Kỹ sư dùng cặp mạch để đo nhiệt độ lò. (The engineer uses a thermocouple to measure the furnace temperature.)
- Y tá cặp mạch cho bệnh nhân mỗi giờ. (The nurse takes the temperature of the patient every hour.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is technically synonymous with "cặp nhiệt" and is used in both medical and industrial/engineering contexts.
- In medical contexts, while "cặp mạch" refers to the action, the device used is more commonly called "nhiệt kế" (thermometer).
Variants and Related Words
- Cặp nhiệt (n): Thermocouple. The more standard technical term.
- Cặp nhiệt loại K rất phổ biến. (Type K thermocouples are very common.)
- Đo nhiệt độ (v): To measure temperature.
- Chúng ta cần đo nhiệt độ cơ thể. (We need to measure body temperature.)
- Nhiệt kế (n): Thermometer.
- Nhiệt kế thủy ngân. (Mercury thermometer.)
Synonyms
- Thermocouple (for the sensor device).
- Temperature sensor.
- To take a temperature (for the medical action).
Related Idioms
- Cặp mạch, bắt mạch: This phrase combines taking a temperature and checking a pulse, referring to the standard diagnostic procedures in a medical examination.
- Bác sĩ cặp mạch, bắt mạch rồi mới kê đơn. (The doctor took the temperature and checked the pulse before writing a prescription.)
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