different between thermostat vs thermometer

English

Etymology

From thermo- +? -stat

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???m?stæt/, /???mo?stæt/

Noun

thermostat (plural thermostats)

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.

Derived terms

• thermostatic
• thermostatically

Translations

See also

• simmerstat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.m?s.ta/

Noun

thermostat m (plural thermostats)

1. thermostat
2. (cooking) gas mark

Further reading

• “thermostat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• thermometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from French thermomètre, equivalent to thermo- +? -meter.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???m?m?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m?m?t?/
• Hyphenation: ther?mom?e?ter
• Rhymes: -?m?t?(?)

Noun

thermometer (plural thermometers)

1. An apparatus used to measure temperature.
   • 1835, John Ross, James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pages 284-5:

     Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

   • 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, The New Yorker, "The Mountains of Pi":

     The brothers had thrust the thermometer between two circuit boards in order to look for hot spots inside m zero. The thermometer’s dial was marked “Beef Rare—Ham—Beef Med—Pork.” “You want to keep the machine below ‘Pork,’” Gregory remarked.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• barometer
• hygrometer
• temperature sensor

Anagrams

• thermometre

Dutch

Etymology

From thermo- +? meter.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ther?mo?me?ter

Noun

thermometer m (plural thermometers, diminutive thermometertje n)

1. thermometer

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: termometer