Definition of Thermoelectric

1. Adjective. Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity.

Exact synonyms: Thermoelectrical
Partainyms: Thermoelectricity, Thermoelectricity
Derivative terms: Thermoelectricity

Definition of Thermoelectric

1. a. Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

Definition of Thermoelectric

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting thermoelectricity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thermoelectric

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Thermoelectric

1. Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermoelectric

thermodynamic equilibrium
thermodynamic potential
thermodynamic state
thermodynamic system
thermodynamic temperature
thermodynamic temperatures
thermodynamic theory of narcosis
thermodynamical
thermodynamically
thermodynamicist
thermodynamicists
thermodynamics
thermodynamics of equilibrium
thermoelastic
thermoelasticity
thermoelectric (current term)
thermoelectric pile
thermoelectric thermometer
thermoelectrical
thermoelectrically
thermoelectricity
thermoelectrics
thermoelectrometer
thermoelectrometry
thermoelement
thermoelements
thermoesthesia
thermoesthesiometer
thermoexcitory
thermofields

Literary usage of Thermoelectric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"The thermoelectric power of a circuit of two metals is the electromotive force ... A + lit, where A is the thermoelectric power at o° C., fí is a constant, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"A thermoelectric current is then observed passing from the stretched to the ... This thermoelectric current increases with the traction up to the breaking ..."

3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"dynamics to indicate relations between the quantities which we have denoted by P and Q, and has investigated the possible thermoelectric properties of ..."

4. The Properties of Electrically Conducting Systems: Including Electrolytes by Charles August Kraus (1922)
"thermoelectric Phenomena in Metals. We have to consider three related ... The thermoelectric force of a thermocouple may be expressed very nearly as a ..."

5. The Properties of Electrically Conducting Systems: Including Electrolytes by Charles August Kraus (1922)
"thermoelectric Phenomena in Metals. We have to consider three related ... The thermoelectric force of a thermocouple may be expressed very nearly as a ..."

6. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1873)
"general thermoelectric currents, it follows that P and Q are in general different for the ... as a deduction from the phenomenon of thermoelectric inversion ..."

7. Practical Pyrometry: The Theory, Calibration, and Use of Instruments for the by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Glenn Alfred Shook, Jacob Roland Collins (1917)
"A thermoelectric pyrometer consists of a thermoelectric couple together with ... A thermoelectric pyrometer should meet the following requirements: (a) The ..."

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