minimum thermometer

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of minimum thermometer¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The weather was no better by the evening, and during the night the minimum thermometer registered -12 degrees F.

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

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Each post was furnished with a small cross-piece, to which a horizontal minimum thermometer might be attached.

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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.

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

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