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thermostat |
2 definitions found 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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