Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pyroelectricity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyroelectricity \Pyr`o*e`lec*tric"i*ty\, n. (Physics)
Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which
treats of electricity thus developed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pyroelectricity
n : generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such
as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
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