Engineering Dictionary: thermistor

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thermistor

(Electronics) A resistive circuit compo nent, having a high negative temperature coefficient of resistance, so that its resistance decreases as the temperature increases; it is a stable, compact, and rugged two-terminal ceramiclike semiconductor bead, rod, or disk. Derived from thermal resistor.

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