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Definition of electropyrometer in English:

electropyrometer

Pronunciation /ɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)pʌɪˈrɒmɪtə/

noun

rare Physics

  • An electrical pyrometer.

    C. S. Pouillet called his instrument a pyromètre magnétique (Comptes rendus hebd. de l'Acad. des Sci. (1836) 3 786).

Origin

Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edmund Atkinson (1831–1901).