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Thermostat vs Thermistor - What's the difference?

thermostat | thermistor |

As nouns the difference between thermostat and thermistor

is that thermostat is a device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting while thermistor is a resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.

thermostat

English

Noun

(wikipedia thermostat) (en 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

    • Derived terms

    * thermostatically

    See also

    * simmerstat ----

    thermistor

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia thermistor) (en noun)
  • a resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.

    • Related terms

    * resistor * varistor * photoresistor

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