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Noun: thermowell
  1. Fitting used in industrial temperature measurement to provide isolation between a temperature sensor (often a thermocouple) and the environment whose temperature is to be measured
    "The engineer installed a thermowell to protect the temperature sensor in the high-pressure chemical reactor"

Derived forms: thermowells

Encyclopedia: Thermowell