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thermostat — I. noun Date: 1831 an automatic device for regulating temperature (as by controlling the supply of gas or electricity to a heating apparatus); also a similar device for actuating fire alarms or for controlling automatic sprinklers • thermostatic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Jarzynski equality — The Jarzynski equality (JE) is an equation in statistical mechanics that relates free energy differences between two equilibrium states and non equilibrium processes. It is named after the physicist Christopher Jarzynski (then at Los Alamos… … Wikipedia
thermostat — thermostatic, adj. thermostatically, adv. /therr meuh stat /, n., v., thermostatted or thermostated; thermostatting or thermostating. n. 1. a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and… … Universalium
Thermostat — A device that monitors temperature and automatically maintains it at certain levels. In a human, a tiny part of the brain called the hypothalamus, located behind the eyes, serves as the thermostat. It can warm the body by causing it to shiver and … Medical dictionary

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