minimum thermometer


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

Origin of minimum thermometer

1
First recorded in 1855–60

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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 Mawson
  • Sufficient food and oil were left at this depot for three men for six weeks; also a minimum thermometer.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • Each post was furnished with a small cross-piece, to which a horizontal minimum thermometer might be attached.

  • At each of the other stations we placed a minimum thermometer in the ice or snow, and a maximum and a minimum in the air.

  • At half-past five the thermometer stood at 22° F. During the night the minimum thermometer registered 9° F.

    Inca Land | Hiram Bingham