minimum thermometer

American  

noun

1. a thermometer designed to show the lowest temperature recorded between resettings.

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Etymology

Origin of minimum thermometer

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

There is also on the coupé a brass-gilt little rack for holding my book or newspaper, as well as a minimum thermometer.

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In the morning the minimum thermometer registered -58° F. We were evidently passing from the storms and open water of Smith Sound, from warm, moist air to a still, dry climate, with very low temperature.

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On opening the meat on the following morning, it was still warm, although the minimum thermometer registered -80° F. for the night.

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A thermometer constructed to register the highest temperature is usually called a maximum thermometer; one to show the lowest temperature is termed a minimum thermometer; and if made to record both extremes of temperature, it is designated a maximum-and-minimum thermometer.

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By no means jerk or shake an alcohol minimum thermometer when resetting it, for by so doing it is liable to disarrange the instrument, either by causing the index to leave the spirit, or by separating a portion of the spirit from the main column.

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