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Thermostat vs Thermocouple - What's the difference?

thermostat | thermocouple |

As nouns the difference between thermostat and thermocouple

is that thermostat is a device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting while thermocouple is a transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature.

thermostat

English

Noun

(wikipedia thermostat) (en noun)
  • a device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting

    • Derived terms

    * thermostatically

    See also

    * simmerstat ----

    thermocouple

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia thermocouple) (en noun)
  • (physics) A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)