minimum thermometer
minimum thermometer A thermometer that records the lowest temperature to which it has been exposed (e.g. by allowing a fall of mercury past a restriction in the tube, but preventing the mercury's return on expansion). It is most commonly used to record minimum daily temperatures.
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