What does "pyroelectric" mean?
Pyroelectric: Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.
Additional senses
- 2.A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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