Compass : Direction :: Thermometer : ?

• Correct Answer: গ) Temperature.

• Compass
- Bangla Meaning: পরিসর; দিক নির্ণয় যন্ত্র।
- English Meaning: a device for determining directions.

• Direction
- Bangla Meaning: দিক।
- English Meaning: the position towards which someone or something moves or faces.

• Thermometer
- Bangla Meaning: থার্মোমিটার, তাপমাপক যন্ত্র।
- English Meaning: a device used for measuring temperature, especially of the air or in a person's body.

• Temperature
- Bangla Meaning: তাপমাত্রা।
- English Meaning: the measured amount of heat in a place or in the body.

• Analogy Relation:
- Just like a compass measures direction,
- A thermometer measures temperature.

• Other Options:
ক) Mercury
- Bangla Meaning: পারদ, পারা।
- English Meaning: a chemical element that is a heavy, silver-coloured metal, liquid at normal temperatures.
- It is part of the thermometer, but not what the thermometer measures.

খ) Heat
- Bangla Meaning: তাপ, গরম, উত্তাপ, গরম, ব্যবস্থাপনা যা কোনো ভবনকে উষ্ণ রাখে, গরম।
- English Meaning: the quality of being hot or warm, or the temperature of something.
- Related to temperature but broader; not the specific quantity measured.

ঘ) Weather
- Bangla Meaning: আবহাওয়া।
- English Meaning: the conditions in the air above the earth such as wind, rain, or temperature, especially at a particular time over a particular area.
- Affected by temperature but not measured directly by a thermometer.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.