Definition of Pyroscope

1. Noun. A pyrometer that uses the color of the light emitted by a hot object.

Exact synonyms: Optical Pyrometer
Generic synonyms: Pyrometer

Definition of Pyroscope

1. n. An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf.

Definition of Pyroscope

1. Noun. (dated),(physics) an early form of pyrometer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyroscope

pyrophosphorolytic
pyrophosphorylase
pyrophosphorylases
pyrophyllite
pyrophyllites
pyrophyte
pyrophytes
pyroptosis
pyroptosome
pyroptosomes
pyroptotic
pyropus
pyropuses
pyroracemic acid
pyros
pyroscope (current term)
pyroscopes
pyrosequence
pyrosequenced
pyrosequencer
pyrosequencers
pyrosequences
pyrosequencing
pyroses
pyrosis
pyrosises
pyrosmalite
pyrosmalites
pyrosoma
pyrosome

Literary usage of Pyroscope

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

1. Practical Pyrometry: The Theory, Calibration, and Use of Instruments for the by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Glenn Alfred Shook, Jacob Roland Collins (1917)
"The Shore pyroscope. — Various modifications of the Le Chatelier pyrometer ... In the Shore pyroscope, Figs. 59 and 60, the brightness of the image of the ..."

2. Practical Pyrometry: The Theory, Calibration, and Use of Instruments for the by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Glenn Alfred Shook, Jacob Roland Collins (1917)
"The Shore pyroscope. — Various modifications of the Le ... In the Shore pyroscope, Figs. 59 and 60, the brightness of the image of the source under ..."

3. Practical Pyrometry: The Theory, Calibration, and Use of Instruments for the by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Glenn Alfred Shook, Jacob Roland Collins (1920)
"The Shore pyroscope. — Various modifications of the Le Chatelier pyrometer ... In the Shore pyroscope, Figs. 59 and 60, the brightness of the image of the ..."

4. The Measurement of High Temperatures by George Kimball Burgess, Henri Le Chatelier (1912)
"Wedgwood's contraction pyroscope, the oldest among such instruments, presents to-day hardly more than an historic interest, for its use has been almost ..."

5. High-temperature Measurements by Henri Le Chatelier, Octave Boudouard (1912)
"Wedgwood's contraction pyroscope, the oldest among such instruments, presents to-day hardly more than an historic interest, for its use has been almost ..."

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