minimum thermometer
noun
a thermometer designed to show the lowest temperature recorded between resettings.
Origin of minimum thermometer
1First recorded in 1855–60
- Compare maximum thermometer.
Words Nearby minimum thermometer
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How to use minimum thermometer in a sentence
The weather was no better by the evening, and during the night the minimum thermometer registered -12 degrees F.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonSufficient food and oil were left at this depot for three men for six weeks; also a minimum thermometer.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonEach post was furnished with a small cross-piece, to which a horizontal minimum thermometer might be attached.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallAt each of the other stations we placed a minimum thermometer in the ice or snow, and a maximum and a minimum in the air.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallAt half-past five the thermometer stood at 22° F. During the night the minimum thermometer registered 9° F.
Inca Land | Hiram Bingham
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