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pyrometer

DEFINITIONS OF: pyrometer

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n 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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