Why are traditional clinical thermometers shook before checking temperature-

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The thermometer are shook before checking the temperature levels- so that the mercury comes back to its initial point i-e- where it had been before the temperature was taken-

Why are traditional clinical thermometers shook before checking temperature?

The thermometer are shook before checking the temperature levels, so that the mercury comes back to its initial point i.e. where it had been before the temperature was taken.