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Webster 1913 Edition


Pyroscope

Pyr′o-scope

,
Noun.
[
Pyro-
+
-scope
: cf. F.
pyroscope
.]
(Physics)
An instrument for measuring the intensity of heat radiating from a fire, or the cooling influence of bodies. It is a differential thermometer, having one bulb coated with gold or silver leaf.
[R.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Pyroscope

PYROSCOPE

,
Noun.
[Gr., fire; to view.] An instrument for measuring the pulsatory motion of the air, or the intensity of heat radiating from a fire.

Definition 2024


pyroscope

pyroscope

English

Noun

pyroscope (plural pyroscopes)

  1. (dated, physics) an early form of pyrometer