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

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

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

At breakfast next morning some one growled about the closeness of the night air, when we were told, to our surprise, that the minimum thermometer marked 36° as the lowest night temperature.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various

That night the minimum thermometer registered its lowest at -25 degrees F. It was December 21 and Midsummer Day, so we concluded that the spot would be a very chilly one in the winter.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

Six's combined maximum and minimum thermometer is shown by b, Fig.

From A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing by Bolas, Bernard D.

A minimum thermometer placed on, and another under, the grass showed that during the whole night a considerable difference was always maintained.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 by Various