Word Meanings - THERMOSTATIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.

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• EFFECTUOSE; EFFECTUOUS
  Effective. B. Jonson.
• THERMOSTAT
  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.
• EFFECT
  Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects. For effect, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. -- In effect, in fact; in substance.
• EFFECTOR
  An effecter. Derham.
• EFFECTUATE
  To bring to pass; to effect; to achieve; to accomplish; to fulfill. A fit instrument to effectuate his desire. Sir P. Sidney. In order to effectuate the thorough reform. G. T. Curtis.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• EFFECTION
  Creation; a doing. Sir M. Hale.
• EFFECTLESS
  Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless. Shak. -- Ef*fect"less*ly, adv.
• EFFECTER
  One who effects.
• EFFECTUOUSLY
  Effectively.
• EFFECTUATION
  Act of effectuating.
• THERMOSTATIC
  Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.
• EFFECTIBLE
  Capable of being done or achieved; practicable; feasible. Sir T. Browne.
• EFFECTUAL
  Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive. Shak. Effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion. Macaulay. Effectual calling , a doctrine concerning the work of the
• EFFECTIVE
  Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force, remedy, speech; the effective men in a regiment. They are not effective of anything, nor leave no
• EFFECTUALNESS
  The quality of being effectual.
• EFFECTUALLY
  1. With effect; efficaciously. 2. Actually; in effect. Fuller.
• EFFECTIVELY
  With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.
• EFFECTIVENESS
  The quality of being effective.
• INEFFECTIVENESS
  Quality of being ineffective.
• INEFFECTIVE
  Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal. The word of God, without the spirit, a dead and ineffective letter. Jer. Taylor.
• INEFFECTUALLY
  Without effect; in vain. Hereford . . . had been besieged for abouineffectually by the Scots. Ludlow.
• INEFFECTUALNESS
  Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy. The ineffectualness of some men's devotion. Wake.
• NONEFFECTIVE
  Not fit or available for duty. (more info) 1. Not effective.
• PELTIER EFFECT
  The production or absorption of heat at the junction of two metals on the passage of a current. Heat generated by the passage of the current in one direction will be absorbed if the current is reversed.