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noun
A thin strip made from a sandwich of two different metals, the metals having different rates of expansion with temperature, so that an increase in temperature causes the strip to bend one way, and a decrease causes it to bend the other; used in various devices such as thermostats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: electrical device
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