PYROMETERS

Noun

pyrometers

plural of pyrometer

Source: Wiktionary


PYROMETER

Py*rom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Pyro- + -meter: cf. F. pyromètre.]

1. (Physics)

Definition: An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.

2. (Physics)

Definition: An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.

Note: It is usually constructed so as to register the change which the heat to be measured produces in the length of some expansible substance, as a metallic rod, or in the intensity of a thermo- electric current.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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