Definition of "thermistor" [thermistor]

• A resistor made of semiconductors having resistance that varies rapidly and predictably with temperature. (noun)

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• "Maybe what you have is a thermistor, which is not linear."
• "That could be either good or bad depending upon the kind of thermistor and the mass that it is attached to."
• "The probable reason for this: "poorly-situated" stations are predominantly MMTS (aspirated thermistor) sites which have a known cool bias compared to the Liquid in Glass stations (which tend to make up the "well-sited" sites.)"