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A thermometer is a device that measures temperature or temperature gradient using a variety of different principles.

When you look at a regular outside bulb thermometer, you’ll see a thin red or silver line that grows longer when it is hotter. The line goes down in cold weather. Numbers are placed alongside the glass tube that mark the temperature when the line is at that point.