Definition

1. 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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