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thermostat

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈθɝməstæt/
  • General-American: /ˈθɝmoʊstæt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: TH ER1 M AH0 S T AE2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An algorithm used to maintain a simulated system at a set temperature by absorbing or releasing heat

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thermoregulator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: regulator

Narrower terms: cryostat, pyrostat

4

verb

Meaning 4

control the temperature with a thermostat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate

History

Etymology

From thermo- + -stat.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: منظم حرارة — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Armenian: թերմոստատ (tʻermostat) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Basque: termostato — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Belarusian: тэрмаста́т (termastát) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Bulgarian: термостат (termostat) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Catalan: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恆溫器 /恒温器 (héngwēnqì) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Czech: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Danish: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Dutch: thermostaat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Esperanto: termostato — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Faroese: hitastillari — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Finnish: termostaatti — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • French: thermostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Galician: termóstato — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Georgian: თერმოსტატი (termosṭaṭi) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • German: Thermostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • German: Temperaturregler — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Greek: θερμοστάτης (thermostátis) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Hebrew: תרמוסטט — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Hindi: तापस्थापी (tāpasthāpī) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Hungarian: termosztát — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Hungarian: hőszabályzó — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Hungarian: hőfokszabályzó — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Icelandic: hitastillir — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Indonesian: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Irish: teirmeastat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Japanese: サーモスタット (sāmosutatto) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Kazakh: термостат (termostat) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Khmer: ទែម៉ូស្តាត (tɛɛmoustaat) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Korean: 서모스탯 (seomoseutaet) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Korean: 온도조절기 (ondojojeolgi) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Kyrgyz: термостат (termostat) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Latvian: termostats — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Malay: laras suhu — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Malay: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Malayalam: തെർമോസ്റ്റാറ്റ് (teṟmōsṟṟāṟṟŭ) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Māori: whakaū mahana — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Persian: ترموستات — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Polish: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Portuguese: termóstato — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Portuguese: termostato — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Romanian: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Russian: термоста́т (termostát) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Serbo-Croatian: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Slovene: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Spanish: termostato — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Swedish: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Tagalog: initsupil — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Tajik: термостат (termostat) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Tamil: வெப்பநிலைக்காப்பி (veppanilaikkāppi) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Telugu: థర్మోస్టాట్ (tharmōsṭāṭ) — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Turkish: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Uzbek: termostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Vietnamese: máy điều nhiệt — device which maintains the desired temperature
  • Welsh: thermostat — device which maintains the desired temperature
Real reading context

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