thermocouple

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun thermocouple has 1 sense

  • thermocouple(n = noun.artifact) thermocouple junction - a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference; Array
  • is a kind of thermometer

CIDE DICTIONARY

thermocouplen. 
     A thermoelectric couple.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

thermocouple, n. a pair of different metals in contact at a point, generating a thermoelectric voltage that can serve as a measure of temperature at this point relative to their other parts.

ROGET THESAURUS

thermocouple

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.


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