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PYROSTAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thermostat that operates at very high temperatures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pyrostat" is a kind of...):
thermoregulator; thermostat (a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat)