Thermostat
noun
A device that controls the temperature in a room or a machine.
The thermostat in my car is broken, so it's always too hot.
Often appears as...
- set the thermostat
- thermostat reading
noun
A device that automatically responds to temperature changes by activating heating or cooling systems.
The engineer calibrated the thermostat to maintain the desired temperature in the machine.
Often appears as...
- adjust the thermostat
- thermostat activation
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A device that controls the temperature in a room or a machine.
The thermostat in my car is broken, so it's always too hot.
Often appears as...
- set the thermostat
- thermostat reading
noun
A device that automatically responds to temperature changes by activating heating or cooling systems.
The engineer calibrated the thermostat to maintain the desired temperature in the machine.
Often appears as...
- adjust the thermostat
- thermostat activation
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Frequency
Commonly used in daily conversation, especially when discussing comfort at home or in cars.
Could you turn up the thermostat? It's chilly in here.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
Sometimes used metaphorically to refer to someone's temper or the tension in a situation.
The debate really turned up the thermostat on their rivalry.
Pro Tip 3/3Misconception
A thermostat doesn't generate heat; it regulates the existing heating or cooling system.
Adjusting the thermostat only directs the heater to work; it's not a heater itself.
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Frequency
Commonly used in daily conversation, especially when discussing comfort at home or in cars.
Could you turn up the thermostat? It's chilly in here.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
Sometimes used metaphorically to refer to someone's temper or the tension in a situation.
The debate really turned up the thermostat on their rivalry.
Pro Tip 3/3Misconception
A thermostat doesn't generate heat; it regulates the existing heating or cooling system.
Adjusting the thermostat only directs the heater to work; it's not a heater itself.
Pro Tip 1/3Usage Frequency
Commonly used in daily conversation, especially when discussing comfort at home or in cars.
Could you turn up the thermostat? It's chilly in here.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Sense
Sometimes used metaphorically to refer to someone's temper or the tension in a situation.
The debate really turned up the thermostat on their rivalry.
Pro Tip 3/3Misconception
A thermostat doesn't generate heat; it regulates the existing heating or cooling system.
Adjusting the thermostat only directs the heater to work; it's not a heater itself.
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Video examples
David Mackay: A reality...
That was when I was reading the meter every week. And my life changed, because I started doing experiments and seeing what made a difference. My gas consumption plummeted, because I started tinkering with the thermostat and the timing on the heating system, and I knocked more than half off my gas bills. There's a similar story for my electricity consumption,
Video examples
A reality check on...
things you can control the things you can you can control the temperature difference between the inside and the outside and there's this remarkable technology called the thermostat you grasp it you rotate it to the left and your energy consumption in the home will decrease I've tried it it works some people call it a lifestyle change you
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Parkinson's, depression...
patients with depression have hyperactivity the area of the brain for sadness is on red hot it's the thermostat is set at a hundred degrees and the other is the brain involved in driving motivation are shut down so we wondered can we place electrodes in this area of sadness and see if we can turn down the thermostat can we turn down the
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Andres Lozano:...
and the other areas of the brain, involved in drive and motivation, are shut down. So we wondered, can we place electrodes in this area of sadness and see if we can turn down the thermostat, can we turn down the activity, and what will be the consequence of that? So we went ahead and implanted electrodes in patients with depression.
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Alex Laskey: How...
we have people comparing themselves to their neighbors, and then we give everyone targeted recommendations to help them save. We started with paper, we moved to a mobile application, web, and now even a controllable thermostat, and for the last five years we've been running the largest behavioral science experiment in the world.
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How DIY science is...
discovery the combination of cheap sensors open standards and most importantly connected enthusiasm is unleashing the long tail of curiosity it's a new era of connected exploration and if you thought that smart thermostats were cool then you're gonna
Video examples
The agony of opioid...
That's because I didn't know what was coming. At the beginning of week two, my life got much worse. As the symptoms dialed up in intensity, my internal thermostat seemed to go haywire. I would sweat profusely almost constantly,
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The Housing First...
He was shown how to use a thermostat. The case manager also observed that he was heating the beans in the can on the stove, like he had done over the campfires for many years. He was shown how to use pots and pans.
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Tony PIPE Live Free or Die
storm intercepting forest hillside that makes food you know that's kind of what we're up to I was a suburbanite raised with video games and thermostat on the wall and refrigerator and all that I actually
Video examples
Jane Fonda: Life's third...
about the past, that becomes the new norm. It's like resetting a thermostat. It's not having experiences that makes us wise.
Video examples
David Mackay: A reality...
That was when I was reading the meter every week. And my life changed, because I started doing experiments and seeing what made a difference. My gas consumption plummeted, because I started tinkering with the thermostat and the timing on the heating system, and I knocked more than half off my gas bills. There's a similar story for my electricity consumption,
Video examples
A reality check on...
things you can control the things you can you can control the temperature difference between the inside and the outside and there's this remarkable technology called the thermostat you grasp it you rotate it to the left and your energy consumption in the home will decrease I've tried it it works some people call it a lifestyle change you
Video examples
Parkinson's, depression...
patients with depression have hyperactivity the area of the brain for sadness is on red hot it's the thermostat is set at a hundred degrees and the other is the brain involved in driving motivation are shut down so we wondered can we place electrodes in this area of sadness and see if we can turn down the thermostat can we turn down the
Video examples
Andres Lozano:...
and the other areas of the brain, involved in drive and motivation, are shut down. So we wondered, can we place electrodes in this area of sadness and see if we can turn down the thermostat, can we turn down the activity, and what will be the consequence of that? So we went ahead and implanted electrodes in patients with depression.
Video examples
Alex Laskey: How...
we have people comparing themselves to their neighbors, and then we give everyone targeted recommendations to help them save. We started with paper, we moved to a mobile application, web, and now even a controllable thermostat, and for the last five years we've been running the largest behavioral science experiment in the world.
Video examples
How DIY science is...
discovery the combination of cheap sensors open standards and most importantly connected enthusiasm is unleashing the long tail of curiosity it's a new era of connected exploration and if you thought that smart thermostats were cool then you're gonna
Video examples
The agony of opioid...
That's because I didn't know what was coming. At the beginning of week two, my life got much worse. As the symptoms dialed up in intensity, my internal thermostat seemed to go haywire. I would sweat profusely almost constantly,
Video examples
The Housing First...
He was shown how to use a thermostat. The case manager also observed that he was heating the beans in the can on the stove, like he had done over the campfires for many years. He was shown how to use pots and pans.
Video examples
Tony PIPE Live Free or Die
storm intercepting forest hillside that makes food you know that's kind of what we're up to I was a suburbanite raised with video games and thermostat on the wall and refrigerator and all that I actually
Video examples
Jane Fonda: Life's third...
about the past, that becomes the new norm. It's like resetting a thermostat. It's not having experiences that makes us wise.
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Quote examples
Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.
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Tony Fadell
American Inventor
While I was designing my home, I was living in different houses all around the world, and I saw thermostats that were just as bad as the ones in the U.S., or houses that needed them but didn't have them. I realised that this was a worldwide problem. I thought, 'Let's fix it.
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Kevin McCarthy
American Politician
There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to.
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James Gleick
American Author
Because everyone in the world has the power to edit, Wikipedia has long been plagued by the so-called edit war. This is like a house where the husband wants it warm and the wife wants it cool and they sneak back and forth adjusting the thermostat at cross purposes.
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David J. C. MacKay
English Philosopher
Fridges can be modified to nudge their internal thermostats up and down just a little in response to the main's frequency in such a way that, without ever jeopardising the temperature of your butter, they tend to take power at times that help the grid.
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Susie Orbach
English Psychologist
If you continually diet, you are putting your body in a quasi-famine situation. It slows your metabolism down and breaks the thermostat. Diets don't work. They don't help you understand why you're eating more than your body wanted in the first place.
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Joe Kaeser
German Businessman
In the developed world, we are surrounded by electronics - from the computers on our desks to the smart phones in our pockets to the thermostats in our homes to our data in the virtual cloud.
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Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting sunlight and cooling the planet.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
You can be like a thermometer, just reflecting the world around you. Or you can be a thermostat, one of those people who sets the temperature.
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Tom Udall
American Politician
Man is now in charge of the thermostat for the globe.
Quote examples
Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Even if it wasn't always morning in America during the years of his presidency, Reagan's eagerness to insist that it was tapped into a longing among voters. They didn't want to picture themselves turning down their thermostats and buttoning up their cardigans. They wanted to strut again. Reagan opened his arms and said, 'Walk this way.
Quote examples
Tony Fadell
American Inventor
While I was designing my home, I was living in different houses all around the world, and I saw thermostats that were just as bad as the ones in the U.S., or houses that needed them but didn't have them. I realised that this was a worldwide problem. I thought, 'Let's fix it.
Quote examples
Kevin McCarthy
American Politician
There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to.
Quote examples
James Gleick
American Author
Because everyone in the world has the power to edit, Wikipedia has long been plagued by the so-called edit war. This is like a house where the husband wants it warm and the wife wants it cool and they sneak back and forth adjusting the thermostat at cross purposes.
Quote examples
David J. C. MacKay
English Philosopher
Fridges can be modified to nudge their internal thermostats up and down just a little in response to the main's frequency in such a way that, without ever jeopardising the temperature of your butter, they tend to take power at times that help the grid.
Quote examples
Susie Orbach
English Psychologist
If you continually diet, you are putting your body in a quasi-famine situation. It slows your metabolism down and breaks the thermostat. Diets don't work. They don't help you understand why you're eating more than your body wanted in the first place.
Quote examples
Joe Kaeser
German Businessman
In the developed world, we are surrounded by electronics - from the computers on our desks to the smart phones in our pockets to the thermostats in our homes to our data in the virtual cloud.
Quote examples
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
American Scientist
The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting sunlight and cooling the planet.
Quote examples
Cory Booker
American Politician
You can be like a thermometer, just reflecting the world around you. Or you can be a thermostat, one of those people who sets the temperature.
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Tom Udall
American Politician
Man is now in charge of the thermostat for the globe.
Example 1 of 10
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