Defn: Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.
THERMOELECTRIC COUPLE; THERMOELECTRIC PAIR
Ther`mo*e*lec"tric couple or pair. (Elec.)
Defn: A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current.
THERMOELECTRICITY Ther`mo*e`lec*tric"i*ty, n. Etym: [Thermo- + electricity: cf. F. thermoélectricité.] (Physics)
Defn: Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under
Electricity.
THERMOELECTROMETER
Ther`mo*e`lec*trom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Thermo- + electrometer.]
(Physics)
Defn: An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.
THERMOGEN
Ther"mo*gen, n. Etym: [Thermo- + -gen.] (Old Chem.)
Defn: Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.
THERMOGENIC
Ther`mo*gen"ic, a. (Physiol.)