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Pyrometer

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pyrometer"

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Word	Definition
pyroscopenoun	(dated, physics) An early form of pyrometer used to measure high temperatures.
radiation pyrometernoun	a device that measures the intensity of radiation from, and thus the temperature of, a hot body.
geothermometernoun	(geology) A proxy that allows for geothermometry, the determination of the temperature of a geological material from the past or existing at great depth.
thermographnoun	A thermometer which records the temperature.
thermometernoun	An apparatus used to measure temperature.
thermoscopenoun	A scientific instrument that measures changes in temperature.
thermoprobenoun	A thermometer in the form of a probe
thermomultipliernoun	A thermopile.
telethermoscopenoun	A device used for measuring and recording the temperature of distant objects.
pyrogeometernoun	Alternative form of pyrgeometer. [A device that measures near-surface infrared radiation spectrum, based on the resistance/voltage changes in a material that is sensitive to the net energy transfer by radiation that occurs between itself and its surroundings.]
thermomanometernoun	A device that measures temperature and pressure
thermochronnoun	A device that records temperature (in thermochronology and thermochronometry)
pyroprobenoun	A kind of pyrolyser based on resistive heating, used in mass spectrometry.
thermoscopynoun	The use of the thermoscope.
transpirometernoun	A potometer for measuring transpiration.
differential thermometernoun	A thermometer for gauging very small differences in temperature.
thermohygrometernoun	A combined thermometer and hygrometer
thermometrenoun	(nonstandard and now largely obsolete) Alternative form of thermometer. [An apparatus used to measure temperature.]
thermotestnoun	A thermographic test
thermistornoun	(electronics) A resistor whose resistance varies rapidly and predictably with temperature and as a result can be used to measure temperature.