PYROMETER
\pa͡ɪɹˈɒmiːtə], \paɪɹˈɒmiːtə], \p_aɪ_ɹ_ˈɒ_m_iː_t_ə]\
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An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.
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An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.
By Oddity Software
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An instrument used to measure temperatures which are too high for the application of the ordinary thermometer. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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