reversing thermometer

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   a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters

   Broaderthermometer

Questions about reversing thermometer

What does reversing thermometer mean?

reversing thermometer means "a thermometer that registers the temperature in deep waters".

Is reversing thermometer a common word?

reversing thermometer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.