Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thermocouple"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thermocouple \Ther"mo*cou`ple\, n.
A thermoelectric couple.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thermocouple
n : 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
[syn: {thermocouple junction}]
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