Cryometer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  cryometer \cry*om"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? cold, frost + -meter.]
     (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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cryometer
       n : a thermometer designed to measure low temperatures