(n.) An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.
(n.) An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.
Example Sentences:
(1) After Josiah invented the pyrometer, a device for measuring higher degrees of heat in kilns, he was elected to the Royal Society in 1783.
(2) Infrared pyrometers have been used in industry to record the temperature of mechanical objects at a distance.
(3) When using an electric casting machine, be certain that the pyrometer is correct.
(4) Herein we describe a dilatometer that consists of a low-mass infrared furnace for rapid heating or cooling, an optical pyrometer, and a laser interferometer.
(5) In rectus abdominis myocutaneous island flaps (3.0 x 1.5 cm) of rats (Uje:WIST) skin surface temperature was measured by an infrared pyrometer for monitoring flap viability following experimentally induced blood flow insufficiency.