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🧍 Keeps body stable 🌡️ Controls temperature
thermoregulatory

thermoregulatory

1 8.2
That controls the temperature of devices or rooms
  • adjective
  • /ˌθɜrməˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtəri/
  • Specialized
: termorregulador
  • Animals often have thermoregulatory adaptations that allow them to survive in extreme temperatures.

Examples

  • The thermoregulatory features of the new jacket helped keep the wearer comfortable in both hot and cold environments.

  • The spikes had most probably been utilized for defense, while the plates have also been proposed as a defensive mechanism, as well as having display and thermoregulatory (heat management) functions.

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  • Engineers designed a thermoregulatory system to maintain optimal conditions for the sensitive equipment.

Synonyms

thermostatic
vsthermoregulatory
  • Specialized
1 6.9

Controlled by a device that keeps temperature steady

covers temperature regulation across systems, materials, or environments rather than one device

Surface Forms

thermoregulatory positive

Morphology

thermoregulatory = regulatory (transparent) = thermo + regulate + ory

The word is transparently formed by adding thermo- to regulatory, and the resulting meaning is straightforwardly related to temperature control.

Etymology

Thermoregulatory comes from the part thermo-, meaning 'heat', and the common verb regulate, meaning 'to control'. So it describes systems or materials that control temperature, like a jacket or greenhouse that works like a thermostat to keep heat steady.