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ine-mahana

1. (noun) thermometer, temperature gauge.

Ko te ine-mahana te taputapu hei ine i te paemahana. Ko te te āwhata tohurau te āwhata aro whānui. Arā, kotahi rau ngā wehenga o tēnei āwhata, mai i te pae e haupapa ai te wai (0º) ki te pae e koropupū ai (100º). Ka kīia ia wehenga he putu (º) (TRP 2010:132). / A thermometer is the instrument for measuring temperature. The Celsius scale is the standard scale which is divided into 100 divisions between freezing (0º) and boiling (100º). Each division is called a degree (º) (TRP 2010:132).

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