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Thermostat
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Thermostat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/thermostat.html. 1828.