pyrometer

Noun
  1. A thermometer designed to measure high temperatures (synset 104036210)
    is a type of: thermometer - measuring instrument for measuring temperature
    subtypes:
    • optical pyrometer, pyroscope - a pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object
    • pyrometric cone - a pyrometer consisting of a series of cones that melt at different temperatures
    • radiation pyrometer - a pyrometer for estimating the temperature of distant sources of heat; radiation is focussed on a thermojunction connected in circuit with a galvanometer
    • resistance pyrometer - pyrometer that measures high temperatures by the resistance in a heated wire

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