pyrometer
pyrometer is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 16 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alcohol
- bomb
- calorimeter
- clinical
- gas
- indicator
- mercury
- telethermometer
- temperature
- thermocouple
- thermometer
- thermometrograph
- thermopile
- thermoregulator
- thermoscope
- thermostat
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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