Sentences with 'minus'
Example sentences and phrases with the word minus and other words derived from it.
• « The group of 15 men and women would have to trek almost 650 kilometres through the Himalayan mountain range, one of the most inhospitable regions in the world, and survive in temperatures of minus 15°C with very little food and the threat of soldiers. »
• « Otzi's body spends most of its time in a computer-controlled stainless steel cabinet at a constant temperature of minus 6 degrees Celsius. He is never taken out of his chamber for more than 30 minutes, as it would be attacked by micro-organisms that could destroy his miraculously preserved tissues. »
• « It is convenient to cool a bottle using a bucket of ice and water: although ice water has a temperature of approximately zero degrees Celsius, much higher than the minus 20 degrees Celsius of a freezer, it is more effective because it absorbs the heat from the bottles better than air. »