minimum thermometer
noun
a thermometer designed to show the lowest temperature recorded between resettings.
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maximum thermometer.
Origin of minimum thermometer
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example sentences from the Web for minimum thermometer
We made it an especial object to observe and reset the minimum-thermometer which you left there last year.
The Glaciers of the Alps |John Tyndall