thermostat
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈθɜrməˌstæt/
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termostato
- The new thermostat in our house helps maintain a steady temperature automatically.
- turn down the thermostat
- programmable thermostat
- thermostat settings
It's actually a little hallway, but there the thermostat is on the other side of this.
- It's actually a little hallway, but there the thermostat is on the other side of this.
- You have the Hue light bulb and shades and lights that you can control in your house and the Nest thermostat, all that sort of thing.
- And just like a thermostat in your house, when the temperature gets really hot in the room, the thermostat kicks in and brings the temperature back down.
- OK, OK, so it is like the servo mechanism, like the thermostat on your house.
Examples
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On her way to rescue the dogs from their exile, she turned up the thermostat in the hallway.
Fiction book (1994) -
My father called out from the living room, "I've turned up the thermostat, Loretta."
Fiction book (1994) -
This is nice, my thermostat is in my living room.
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So you remove the existing thermostat from your wall.
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Tell him to turn up the thermostat too, will ya?
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How much is the thermostat set to?
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I turned off the thermostat and opened a window in the bedroom.
Fiction book (1996) -
A company sells a thermostat that can cut energy bills by 10 percent.
Academic text (2009) -
Too cold, at least for her, but she couldn't get the thermostat to move either up or down.
Fiction book (2001) -
The power automatically shuts down when the thermostat hits a certain temperature.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
28
3.9
A device that keeps pressure, temperature, or speed steady
1
7.8
A device that keeps a place or object at a steady temperature by controlling heat
A device that controls very high heat in factories or labs
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
thermostat = thermo + stat
The temperature element thermo- is recognizable, but the second element stat is not a productive English morpheme for most learners, so the meaning is not straightforwardly recoverable.
Etymology
Thermostat comes from the Greek parts thermo- 'heat' and -stat 'to stand', the same thermo- you see in thermometer or thermos and the -stat idea like in static. So a thermostat is a device that makes the temperature 'stand' or stay where you set it.