Pyrometry

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  • n. The measurement of high temperatures.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The art of measuring degrees of heat, or the expansion of bodies by heat.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That branch of science which treats of the measurement of heat; the act or art of measuring amounts or degrees of heat.
    • Word Usage
    "Likewise, the same causes of cooling that operate in the everyday domain will bring objects from pyrometric temperatures down to everyday temperatures; that is precisely what happens in calorimetric pyrometry (or, when we simply leave very hot things out in cold air for a while)."
    Cross Reference
    optical pyrometry   
     
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