measuring thermocouple

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• Thermocouple — plugged to a multimeter displaying room temperature in °C. A thermocouple is a device consisting of two different conductors (usually metal alloys) that produce a voltage proportional to a temperature difference between either end of the pair of… …   Wikipedia

• thermocouple — ► NOUN ▪ a device for measuring or sensing a temperature difference, consisting of two wires of different metals connected at two points, between which a voltage is developed in proportion to any temperature difference …   English terms dictionary

• thermocouple thermometer — a combination of a thermocouple with some device for measuring its electromotive force, such as a potentiometer; in use the thermocouple s reference junction is kept at a reference temperature (such as the ice point) and its measuring junction at …   Medical dictionary

• thermocouple — A device for measuring slight changes in temperature, consisting of two wires of different metals, one wire being kept at a certain low temperature, the other in the tissue or other material whose temperature is to be measured; a thermoelectric… …   Medical dictionary

• thermocouple — /therr meuh kup euhl/, n. Physics. a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the… …   Universalium

• thermocouple — noun Date: 1890 a device for measuring temperature in which a pair of wires of dissimilar metals (as copper and iron) are joined and the free ends of the wires are connected to an instrument (as a voltmeter) that measures the difference in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• thermocouple —    A temperature measuring device based on the proportionality between thermoelectric current and temperature difference between thermojunctions [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• thermocouple — n. thermoelectric couple for measuring differences in temperature (Physics) …   English contemporary dictionary

• thermocouple — noun a device for measuring or sensing a temperature difference, consisting of two wires of different metals connected at two points, between which a voltage is developed in proportion to any temperature difference …   English new terms dictionary

• thermocouple —   n. device for measuring temperature thermoelectrically by the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Potentiometer (measuring instrument) — A potentiometer is an instrument for measuring the potential (voltage) in a circuit. Before the introduction of the moving coil and digital volt meters, potentiometers were used in measuring voltage, hence the meter part of their name. The method …   Wikipedia