Definitions for pyrometer

pyrometer py·rom·e·ter

Spelling: [pahy-rom-i-ter]
IPA: /paɪˈrɒm ɪ tər/

Pyrometer is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 274 anagrams from letters in pyrometer (eemoprrty).

Definitions for pyrometer

noun

  1. an apparatus for measuring high temperatures that uses the radiation emitted by a hot body as a basis for measurement.

Origin of pyrometer

First recorded in 1740-50; pyro- + -meter

Examples for pyrometer

pyrometer, pī-rom′e-tėr, n. an instrument in the form of a metallic bar for measuring the temperature of bodies under heat.

For this reason the use of a pyrometer, when possible, saves mistakes and trouble.

He handles Ramur's thermometer, Newton's prism, and Muschenbrock's pyrometer.

In one corner was Lavoisier's pyrometer; in another Berard's gas food-warmer.

"The pyrometer's on the red, and the oven's hot," and the man left his bench.

This pyrometer is probably the most widely used at the present time.

A somewhat similar instrument is the Gauntlett pyrometer, which is largely used in the north of England.

The long tube that held the pyrometer was formed of the same metal.

In each one is introduced a pyrometer, connected electrically with a switchboard located in a separate building.

A pyrometer, or heat indicator, is attached externally, so that the attendant can regulate the heat with great facility.

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