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Definition of Thermistor
1. Noun. A semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit.
Generic synonyms: Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Unit
Definition of Thermistor
1. Noun. a resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thermistor
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Thermistor
1. A device for determining temperature; also may be used to monitor control of temperature. Origin: G. Therme, heat (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermistor
Literary usage of Thermistor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1973)
"Pore pressure and thermistor readings were taken daily and a settlement survey
... Each piezometer-thermistor unit was placed in the hole with the sensor ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"To minimize interference with the solenoid actuated stirrer, the thermistor
sensing element is placed in a well which extends up from the bottom of the cell ..."
3. The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert by Richard L. Weaver (1997)
"The evaluation of "superheat" effects was accomplished primarily by exposing a
conventional radiosonde thermistor inside the balloon with a control ..."
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