Definition of Pirometer

Definition of Pirometer

Py*rom"e*ter (?), n. [Pyro- + -meter: cf. F. pyromètre.] 1. (Physics) An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.

2. (Physics) An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.

&fist; 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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures
an instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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