pyrometer

/paɪˈrɑmədər/
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Other forms: pyrometers

Definitions of pyrometer
  1. noun
    a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures
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    optical pyrometer, pyroscope
    a pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object
    pyrometric cone
    a pyrometer consisting of a series of cones that melt at different temperatures
    radiation pyrometer
    a pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat; radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer
    resistance pyrometer
    pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire
    type of:
    thermometer
    measuring instrument for measuring temperature
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