thermostat
/ˈθɝməstæt/
thermostat noun: a device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.

Noun
thermostat (plural thermostats)
- A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.
- A smart thermostat can give you remote control over your heating and air conditioning, making sure your home is as cool or toasty as you like when you get home from work or wherever else, and a great one can monitor environmental conditions and your own preferences over time, adjust your systems to...2025 January 1, Jacob Krol, “The best smart thermostats of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025
- An algorithm used to maintain a simulated system at a set temperature by absorbing or releasing heat
thermostat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
thermostat in Hindi
- device which maintains the desired temperature
- तापस्थापी tāpasthāpī
thermostat in Tamil
- device which maintains the desired temperature
- வெப்பநிலைக்காப்பி veppanilaikkāppi
thermostat in Marathi
- थर्मोस्टॅट, थर्मोस्टेट
thermostat in Urdu
- تھرموسٹیٹ, تھرمسٹیٹ, تھرموسٹٹ
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- thermostat in Bengali
- থার্মোস্ট্যাট, থার্মোস্টেট
- thermostat in Telugu
- థర్మోస్టాట్ tharmōsṭāṭ
- thermostat in Malayalam
- തെർമോസ്റ്റാറ്റ് teṟmōsṟṟāṟṟŭ
- thermostat in Kannada
- ಶಾಖನಿಯಂತ್ರಕ, ತಾಪಸ್ಥಾಪಿ ಸಾಧನ, ಬಿಸಿತೊಡಗುಗ
- thermostat in Punjabi
- ਥਰਮੋਸਟੈਟ, ਥਰਮੋਸਟੇਟ, ਥਰਮੋਸਟੈੱਟ
- thermostat in Gujarati
- તાપનિયંત્રક tāpniyantrak
- thermostat in Odia
- ଥର୍ମୋଷ୍ଟାଟ, ଥର୍ମୋଷ୍ଟାଟ୍, ଥର୍ମୋଷ୍ଟେଟ୍
- thermostat in Nepali
- थर्मोस्टेट, थर्मोस्ट्याट, थर्मोस्टाट
- thermostat in Tagalog
- initsupil
- thermostat in Arabic
- منظم حرارة
- thermostat in Malay
- laras suhu, termostat
- thermostat in Indonesian
- termostat
- thermostat in Persian
- ترموستات
- thermostat in Vietnamese
- máy điều nhiệt
Examples of thermostat in a sentence
- The electronics is the difference between a modern and an old-fashioned thermostat.
- He hit the nail on the head when he said the problem was the thermostat.
- Turn up the thermostat! We're all turning into popsicles in here!
Forms of thermostat
| plural | thermostats |
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Origin of thermostat
From thermo- + -stat.
Words formed from thermostat
Questions about thermostat
- What does thermostat mean?
- Thermostat means a device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.
- What is thermostat in Hindi?
- Thermostat in Hindi is तापस्थापी (tāpasthāpī). See Thermostat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thermostat?
- Thermostat is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thermostat?
- Thermostat is pronounced /ˈθɝməstæt/ (US).
- What is the plural of thermostat?
- The plural of thermostat is thermostats.
Words near thermostat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thermostat (page history and authors); thermostat (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermostat (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermostat (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermostat (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thermostat (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); તાપનિયંત્રક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); thermostat (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermostat (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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