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thermistor
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun thermistor has 1 sense
- thermistor(n = noun.artifact) thermal resistor - a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit; Array is a kind of semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thermistor, n. Electr. a resistor whose resistance is greatly reduced by heating, used for measurement and control.
Etymology
thermal resistor
ROGET THESAURUS
thermistor
Thermometer
N thermometer, thermometrograph, mercury thermometer, alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer, Anschutz thermometer, gas thermometer, telethermometer, color-changing temperature indicator, thermopile, thermoscope, pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb calorimeter, thermistor, thermocouple, thermostat, thermoregulator, (3) Taste.
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