Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Electricity generated by a flow of heat, as in a thermocouple.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The electric current produced in a circuit of two or more dissimilar metals, or in a circuit of one metal different parts of which are in dissimilar physical states, when one of the points of union is heated or cooled relatively to the remainder of the circuit; also, the branch of electrical science which treats of electric currents so produced.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physics) Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under
electricity .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics The direct
conversion ofheat intoelectricity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun electricity produced by heat (as in a thermocouple)
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Examples
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Sturgeon also worked on improving the voltaic battery, developing a theory of thermoelectricity, and even atmospheric charge conditions.
Father of "Antigravity" Born This Day Staq Mavlen 2006
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For example, if we could establish the truth of what up till now is only a conjecture, namely, that it is the action of the sun which produces thermoelectricity at the equator; that this produces terrestrial magnetism; and that this magnetism, again, is the cause of the aurora borealis, these would be truths externally of great, but internally of little, significance.
On Human Nature 2004
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Their branched tails lay in shadow, their heads in sunlight, while thermoelectricity charged their biochemical batteries.
Crashlander Niven, Larry 1994
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There is a whole program of investments in thermoelectricity.
CDR RALLY 1970
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The conductivity of electricity and heat by metals, thermoelectricity, permanent and temporary magnets, heat radiation and absorption, the optical, electrical and magnetic properties of crystals - all these aspects promise us a rich harvest.
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Their branched tails lay in shadow, their heads in sunlight, while thermoelectricity charged their biochemical batteries.
Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1969
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Their branched tails lay in shadow, their heads in sunlight, while thermoelectricity charged their biochemical batteries.
Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1968
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Thus about fifty years ago OErsted, of Copenhagen, discovered the deflection of a magnetic needle by an electric current; and about the same time Thomas Seebeck, of Berlin, discovered thermoelectricity.
Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 John Tyndall 1856
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The government plans to invest an additional $5 billion in new thermoelectric plants across the nation, with the goal that thermoelectricity will account for half the nation's power by the year 2015.
New on venezuelanalysis.com tamara 2010
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The government plans to invest an additional $5 billion in new thermoelectric plants across the nation, with the goal that thermoelectricity will account for half the nation's power by the year 2015.
New on venezuelanalysis.com tamara 2010
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