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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.

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To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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To bend or curve

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The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Regulator 76% connected

One who, or that which, regulates.

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That which incubates, especially, an apparatus by means of which eggs are hatched by artificial heat.

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