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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A device for regulating the temperature of a heating-apparatus.
- noun A regulator depending upon the action of metals when exposed to heat, and used either to control heat or some other action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat
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