Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
thermopile . See the quotation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
thermopile .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
thermopile .
Etymologies
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thermo- + multiplier
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Examples
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At a distance of fifteen feet from the thermomultiplier, a Price's candle was found to radiate just twice as much heat as the full moon. [
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874
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