Definitions
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- noun A resistor made of semiconductors having resistance that varies rapidly and predictably with temperature.
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- noun a
resistor whoseresistance variesrapidly andpredictably withtemperature and as a result can be used tomeasure temperature .
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- noun a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maybe what you have is a thermistor, which is not linear.
CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries Le_Noble 2010
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That could be either good or bad depending upon the kind of thermistor and the mass that it is attached to.
Central Park: Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? « Climate Audit 2007
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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.)
Backwards EliRabett 2010
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I was looking for something subtle like thermistor drift but what you describe is classic FUBAR.
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A hybrid should be developed that uses a mechanical thermometer that is read electronically rather than a thermistor element that is subject to drift and noise.
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The new system is thermistor-based with a “beehive like” instrument shelter, whereas the older systems consisted of liquid-in-glass thermometers, mounted inside a Cotton Region Shelter Stevenson Screen.
Quality Control – Jones and Hansen Style « Climate Audit 2007
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The NWS has replaced a majority of the liquid-in-glass thermometers in wooden Cotton-Region shelters with thermistor based maximum-minimum temperature systems MMTS housed in smaller plastic shelters.
Quality Control – Jones and Hansen Style « Climate Audit 2007
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In other words every thermistor needs its own calibration if it is to be accurate .02 C is possible over wide ranges.
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These are thermistor sensors, so in practice the error would be a constant offset from reading to reading, closing that 3 degree window down to +/- 1 degree.
Quality Control – Jones and Hansen Style « Climate Audit 2007
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Is the temp sensor a glass thermometer or a thermistor?
The Vose and Karl Response to Davey and Pielke 2005 « Climate Audit 2007
knitandpurl commented on the word thermistor
"We don't have one," he said, plugging the feed into the shunt. "Just a thermistor and temps."
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, p 41
May 25, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word thermistor
"Your car is equipped not with a thermometer but with a thermistor. Thermistors work in a similar manner to thermometers, but rather than using a liquid like mercury, thermistors measure the change in electrical current as a result of heat added or taken away. Thermistors are quite convenient, since they are small, cheap to make and for the most part, accurate."
-- from "This is why your car thermometer is almost always wrong" by Greg Porter, in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/12/this-is-why-your-car-thermometer-is-almost-always-wrong/?utm_term=.3c6fc7bbdc39)
June 13, 2017