pyrometer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures

WordNet


Py*rom"e*ter noun
Etymology
Pyro- + -meter: cf. F. pyromètre.
Definitions
  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. ✍ 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 1913