thermostat

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Oftentimes the temperature at the floor can be quite a bit different than your furnace thermostat which is 4-5 feet up on an inside wall.

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  1. noun A device, as in a home heating system, a refrigerator, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes and activates switches controlling the equipment.

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  • Maybe turn the air conditioning down a little—the thermostat is on the wall between the kitchen and the stairs. —  AnalogSFF,May2007
  • He paused to look at the thermostat, then turned with a flare of fury. —  GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION
  • Without instructions from the thermostat, the nanites would have shut down and maybe she'd have recovered. —  AnalogSFF,January-February2008
  • It's a nice thermostat, and Gaia has been doing it for four billion years The problem is that the Sun is still getting brighter. —  AnalogSF,Dec2003
  • The temperature outside hovered between ninety-four and ninety-five in the shade of the rectory porch where the thermostat was nailed to the whitewashed stone wall. —  Garwood, Julie - Buchanan 1 - Heartbreaker
 

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  1. from Greek θέρμη, heat, + στατός, verbal adjective of ἱστάναι, stand: see static.
 

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/ˈθərməstæt/
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