Advertisement

thermostat (n.)

automatic instrument for regulating temperature, 1831, from thermo- + -stat.

Entries related to thermostat

thermo- 
before vowels therm-, word-forming element meaning "hot, heat, temperature," used in scientific and technical words, from Greek thermos "hot, warm," therme "heat" (from PIE root *gwher- "to heat, warm").
-stat 
word-forming element used in making names of devices for stabilizing or regulating (such as thermostat), from Greek statos "standing, stationary," from PIE *ste-to-, suffixed form of root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." First used in heliostat "an instrument for causing the sun to appear stationary" (1742). Related: -static.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Advertisement
Definitions of thermostat from WordNet
1
thermostat (v.)
control the temperature with a thermostat;
2
thermostat (n.)
a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat;
Synonyms: thermoregulator
From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near thermostat

thermonuclear

thermoplastic

Thermopylae

Thermos

thermosphere

thermostat

Theropoda

thesaurus

these

Theseus

thesis

© 2001-2021 Douglas Harper