pyrometer
English Thesaurus
1. a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | thermometer, |
| definition | : | measuring instrument for measuring temperature (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | optical pyrometer, pyroscope, |
| definition | : | a pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | pyrometric cone, |
| definition | : | a pyrometer consisting of a series of cones that melt at different temperatures (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | radiation pyrometer, |
| definition | : | a pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat; radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | resistance pyrometer, |
| definition | : | pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire (noun.artifact) |
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