a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element: thermostat; rheostat.
[ -states, equiv. to sta- (s. of histánai to make stand; see STAND) + -tes agent n. suffix ]
a combining form used in the names of devices that stabilize or make constant what is specified by the initial element: thermostat; rheostat.
[ -states, equiv. to sta- (s. of histánai to make stand; see STAND) + -tes agent n. suffix ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012