Definition of Thermocouple junction

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Thermocouple
Generic synonyms: Thermometer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermocouple Junction

thermochronologically
thermochronology
thermochrose
thermochrosis
thermochrosy
thermocline
thermoclines
thermocoagulation
thermococcaceae
thermococcales
thermococcus
thermocompositional
thermoconductance
thermoconversion
thermocouple
thermocouple junction (current term)
thermocouples
thermocurrent
thermocurrents
thermocycler
thermocyclers
thermocycling
thermodenuder
thermodenuders
thermodesorption
thermodesorptions
thermodiffractogram
thermodiffractograms
thermodiffusion
thermodilatometry

Literary usage of Thermocouple junction

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

1. Handbook For The Operation And Maintenance Of Hospital Medical Waste by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"The different types of thermocouples are identified by the metal used for the thermocouple junction wires. The most common types are listed in Table 6-1. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"... trephined to make an opening 6 mm. in diameter and the holder clamped in place, the hard rubber rod with the thermocouple junction being then inserted. ..."

3. Pyrometry: The Papers and Discussion of a Symposium on Pyrometry Held by the by National Research Council (U.S.) (1920)
"... thermocouple junction protected by a glass tube closed at one end and partly filled with kerosene. If it is not feasible to have the fixed junction at ..."

4. Pyrometry: The Papers and Discussion of a Symposium on Pyrometry Held by the by National Research Council (U.S.) (1920)
"... LEASON H. ADAMS thermocouple junction protected by a glass tube closed at one end and partly filled with kerosene. If it is not feasible to have the ..."

5. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1920)
"Great care was taken in order to insure good contact between the sample and the thermocouple junction. Two couples were placed on each side of a sample, ..."

6. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1920)
"Great care was taken in order to insure good contact between the sample and the thermocouple junction. Two couples were placed on each side of a sample, ..."

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