bimetallic strip

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bimetallic strip (plural bimetallic strips)

  1. A thin strip made from a sandwich of two different metals, the metals having different rates of expansion with temperature, so that an increase in temperature causes the strip to bend one way, and a decrease causes it to bend the other; used in various devices such as thermostats.

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