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pyrometer

N เครื่องวัดอุณ หภูมิ สูง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PYROMETER

n.[Gr. , fire; measure. ] 1. An instrument for measuring the expansion of bodies by heat.
2. An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer; as the pyrometer of Wedgewood.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PYROMETER

Py *rom "e *ter, n. Etym: [Pyro- + -meter: cf. F. pyromètre.]

 

1. (Physics )

 

Defn: An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.

 

2. (Physics )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pyrometer

py rom e ter |pīˈrämitər paɪˈrɑmədər | noun an instrument for measuring high temperatures, esp. in furnaces and kilns. DERIVATIVES py ro met ric |ˌpīrōˈmetrik |adjective, py ro met ri cal ly |ˌpīrōˈmetrik (ə )lē |adverb, py rom e try |-trē |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

pyrometer

pyrometer |pʌɪˈrɒmɪtə | noun an instrument for measuring high temperatures, especially in furnaces and kilns. DERIVATIVES pyrometric |-rəˈmɛtrɪk |adjective, pyrometrically |-rəˈmɛtrɪk (ə )li |adverb, pyrometry |-mɪtri |noun

 

Duden Dictionary

Pyrometer

Py ro me ter Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Pyrom e ter |griechisch-neulateinisch Gerät zur Messung der Temperatur glühender Stoffe