Definitions for: Pyrometer


[n] a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: optical pyrometer, pyrometric cone, pyroscope, radiation pyrometer, resistance pyrometer, thermometer

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