pyrometer

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: py=rom=e=ter

CIDE DICTIONARY

pyrometer, n. [Pyro- + -meter: cf. F. pyromètre.].

•  An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.  [1913 Webster]
•  An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.  [1913 Webster]

  " 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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pyrometer, n. an instrument for measuring high temperatures, esp. in furnaces and kilns.

Derivative

pyrometric adj. pyrometrically adv. pyrometry n.

ROGET THESAURUS

pyrometer

Thermometer

N thermometer, thermometrograph, mercury thermometer, alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer, Anschutz thermometer, gas thermometer, telethermometer, color-changing temperature indicator, thermopile, thermoscope, pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb calorimeter, thermistor, thermocouple, thermostat, thermoregulator, (3) Taste.