About The Word Pyrometer
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Pyrometer
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What's The Definition Of Pyrometer?
[n] a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pyrometer: Related Terms | Find terms related to Pyrometer: See Also | optical pyrometer | pyrometric cone | pyroscope | radiation pyrometer | resistance pyrometer | thermometer Pyrometer In Webster's Dictionary \Py*rom"e*ter\, n. [Pyro- + -meter: cf. F.
pyrom[`e]tre.]
1. (Physics) An instrument used for measuring the expansion
of solid bodies by heat.
2. (Physics) 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.
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