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pyrometer
[pahy-rom-i-ter]
noun
an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.
pyrometer
/ ˌpaɪrəʊˈmɛtrɪk, paɪˈrɒmɪtə /
noun
an instrument for measuring high temperatures, esp by measuring the brightness ( optical pyrometer ) or total quantity ( radiation pyrometer ) of the radiation produced by the source. Other types include the resistance thermometer and the thermocouple
Other 51Թ Forms
- pyrometric adjective
- pyrometrical adjective
- pyrometrically adverb
- pyrometry noun
- ˌˈٰ adverb
- ˈdzٰ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pyrometer1
Example Sentences
As is typical, the installation firm we selected used a sophisticated device called a pyrometer to measure the solar radiance received on our roof.
In a muffle, in heated sand, with hot pieces of flat iron, and in boxes heated to the requisite temperature in an oven, the temperature being indicated by a pyrometer or heat-gauge.
When the "new" stove was on, and the "old" one lit for reheating, I went to the pyrometer shanty.
In the F�ry radiation pyrometer this difficulty is obviated, as the instrument may be placed at a considerable distance from the furnace.
With the pyrometer at three hundred and fifty, it is hardly prudent to pass to thirty.
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