pyrometer
Syllables: py·rom·e·ter/paɪˈɹɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
pyrometer noun: a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
Noun
pyrometer (plural pyrometers)
- A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
- I was working with full regulator and about 40 per cent cut-off and we were going quite hard when André called my attention to the pyrometer. This was showing a comparatively low temperature (about 250 deg C.) which meant that unless I eased up, the boiler might start to prime. So we eased her a...1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147
- Antonyms:
- cryometer
- An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.
pyrometer meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Persian
pyrometer in Tamil
- தீமானி, மீவெப்பநிலை அளவி, அனல் மட்டமானி, மிகை வெப்ப அளவி, வெப்ப அளவி, வெப்பமின் அளவி
pyrometer in Malayalam
- അത്യുഷ്ണമാപി
pyrometer in Kannada
- ಅಧಿಕ ಶಾಖ ಮಾಪಕ, ಉಷ್ಣಮಾಪಕ ಉಪಕರಣ
pyrometer in Persian
- thermometer
- تفسنج taf-sanj, پیرومتر pirometr
Antonyms of pyrometer
Forms of pyrometer
| plural | pyrometers |
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Origin of pyrometer
From pyro- + -meter.
Words formed from pyrometer
Words that rhyme with pyrometer
Questions about pyrometer
- What does pyrometer mean?
- Pyrometer means a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures.
- What is pyrometer in Tamil?
- Pyrometer in Tamil is தீமானி, மீவெப்பநிலை அளவி, அனல் மட்டமானி. See Pyrometer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pyrometer?
- Pyrometer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce pyrometer?
- Pyrometer is pronounced /paɪˈɹɑ.mɪ.tɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of pyrometer?
- The plural of pyrometer is pyrometers.
Words near pyrometer in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pyrometer (page history and authors); pyrometer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pyrometer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pyrometer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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