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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thermostat \Ther"mo*stat\, n. [Thermo- + Gr ? to make to
stand.] (Physics)
A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the
unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by
heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the
like as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
thermostat
n : a device for automatically regulating temperature by
starting or stoping the supply of heat [syn: {thermoregulator}]
v : control the temperature with a thermostat
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