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pyrometers

pyrometers is the plural of pyrometer.

Meaning of pyrometer

Noun

pyrometer (plural pyrometers)

  1. 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
  2. An instrument for measuring the thermal expansion of solids.

Phrases with pyrometers

Questions about pyrometers

What is pyrometers the plural of?
Pyrometers is the plural of pyrometer.

Words near pyrometers in the dictionary

  1. pyrometallurgists
  2. pyrometallurgy
  3. pyrometamorphic
  4. pyrometamorphism
  5. pyrometer
  6. pyrometers
  7. pyrometric
  8. pyrometric cone
  9. pyrometrical
  10. pyrometrically
  11. pyrometry

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