pyrometer
English
Etymology
Noun
pyrometer (plural pyrometers)
- A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
- 1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147:
- I was working with full regulator and about 40 per cent cut-off and we were going quite hard when André called my attention to the pyrometer. This was showing a comparatively low temperature (about 250 deg C.) which meant that unless I eased up, the boiler might start to prime. So we eased her a shade, let the water come down to a third of a glass and then we were away again in perfect order with the pyrometer showing about 375 deg C.
- An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.
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Translations
thermometer
instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids