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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any organism that carries out thermoregulation.
2. 2
   a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat wordnet
3. 3
   A device that assists with thermoregulation, e.g. for a newborn infant.

Synonyms

All synonyms

thermostatthermostat

Example

More examples

"Pietro checked the thermoregulator."

Etymology

From thermo- + regulator.

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