The Collaborative International Dictionary
Minimum thermometer
Minimum \Min"i*mum\, n.; pl. Minima. [L., fr. minimus. See Minim.] The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum.
Minimum thermometer, a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since its last adjustment.
Usage examples of "minimum thermometer".
Still to be unpacked were the contact clock, electroscope, lights (standard and infrared), maximum and minimum thermometer, hygroscope, sthenometer, phosphorescent sulfide screen, electric stove, the box of vessels and tubes, the molding materials, and the cabinet equipment.
The minimum thermometer left there in the previous year showed—.