bimetallic strip

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   a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature

   Broaderelectrical device

   Part ofthermostat

Questions about bimetallic strip

What does bimetallic strip mean?

bimetallic strip means "a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature".

Is bimetallic strip a common word?

bimetallic strip is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.