Found 2 items, similar to pyrometer.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: pyrometer pyrometer n : a thermometer designed to measure high temperatures
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pyrometer Pyrometer \Py*rom"e*ter\, n. [Pyro- + -meter: cf. F. pyrom[`e]tre.] 1. (Physics) An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physics) An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer. [1913 Webster] Note: It is usually constructed so as to register the change which the heat to be measured produces in the length of some expansible substance, as a metallic rod, or in the intensity of a thermo-electric current. [1913 Webster]