pyroelectricity
(noun) generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pyroelectricity (uncountable)
(physics) The generation of electric charge as a result of a change in temperature.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyr`o*e`lec*tric"i*ty, n. (Physics)
Definition: Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
