middle temperature error
Watchmaking and Clockmaking
noun
An inaccuracy in a timekeeper caused by the expansion or contraction of the metal at temperatures other than the two extremes at which it is set to function correctly.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Frederick Britten (1843–1913).
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