Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A thermometer capable of measuring very low temperatures.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A thermometer for the measurement of low temperatures (usually below the freezing-point of mercury) and therefore containing alcohol or a similar liquid of low freezing-point.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physics) A thermometer for the measurement of low temperatures, esp. such an instrument containing alcohol or some other liquid of a lower freezing point than mercury.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A thermometer used at very low temperatures

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures

Etymologies

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cryo- + -meter

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