Thermometer refers to an instrument for measuring temperature whose development began in the early seventeenth century. Thermometers are based on the property of gases, liquids, and solids to Expand or contract with changes in temperature. Other thermometer designs are based on electrical phenomena.

The term thermoplastic (also thermosoftening plastic) refers to a type of polymer that is solid when cooled, but becomes pliable and/or moldable when heated up to a specific temperature.

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"Thermoplastic" is in the UNSPSC Code "13101723"
Thermoplastic

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The term top may refer to the following:

Transplanting generally takes place starting in mid-April and can go on through the end of June. This is done in the fields that have previously been prepared for planting.

Plants are transplanted into the soil using a machine called a transplanter. There are different kinds of transplanters.

The Thunnus maccoyii is a Southern bluefin tuna found in Gazetteer Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: temperate and cold seas, mainly between 30°S and 50°S, to nearly 60°S. During spawning, large fish migrate to tropical seas, off the west coast of Australia, up to 10°S.

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The Travelling circus is a traveling show put on by clowns, acrobats, and trained animals. A circus often travels from city to city to perform inside a big tent.

A Traffic control device refers to all signs, signals, markings, islands, and other devices used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic, placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, road, pedestrian facility, or bicycle path by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction.