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Thermocouple

noun
1.
A kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference.  Synonym: thermocouple junction.



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"Thermocouple" Quotes from Famous Books



... a temperature next." He found the thermocouple that would be attached to the marmoset's body, traced the circuit to the oscillator, then called, "Watch my own body heat." He tucked the sensing ...
— The Scarlet Lake Mystery • Harold Leland Goodwin

... and allowed to cool, and cooling readings are then taken every 10 sec. on the milli-voltmeter or pyrometer. A curve is then plotted by using time and temperature as cooerdinates, and the temperature of the freezing point of salt, as indicated by this particular thermocouple, is noted, i.e., at the point where the temperature of the bath remains temporarily constant while the salt is freezing. The length of time during which the temperature is stationary depends on the size of the bath and the rate of cooling, and is not ...
— The Working of Steel - Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel • Fred H. Colvin

... temperature is seventy degrees colder than their room temperature. In the bargain, Venus never has any seasonal change of temperature, and a heavy bank of clouds that eternally cover the planet keeps the temperature as constant as a thermocouple arrangement could. The slight change from day to night is only appreciable by the nightly rains—see—the crowd is beginning to break up now. It's night already, and there is a heavy dew settling. Soon it will be rain, and the great amount of moisture in ...
— The Black Star Passes • John W Campbell



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