pyroelectric Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity
    pyroelectrical.

WordNet

Pyr`o*e*lec"tric adjective
Etymology
Pyro- + electric.
Definitions
  1. (Physics) Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.
Pyr`o*e*lec"tric noun
Definitions
  1. (Physics) A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities.

Webster 1913