Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pyroelectric"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyroelectric \Pyr`o*e*lec"tric\, a. [Pyro- + electric.]
(Physics)
Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving
electric polarity when heated.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyroelectric \Pyr`o*e*lec"tric\, n. (Physics)
A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated,
exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two
separate parts, especially the two extremities.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pyroelectric
adj : relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity [syn: {pyroelectrical}]
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