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Definition of Pyroelectric

1. Adjective. Relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity.

Definition of Pyroelectric

1. a. Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.

2. n. A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities.

Definition of Pyroelectric

1. Adjective. of, relating to, or exhibiting pyroelectricity ¹

2. Noun. a pyroelectric substance ¹

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Definition of Pyroelectric

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyroelectric

Literary usage of Pyroelectric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"The resistivity of typical pyroelectric conductors is of the magnitude of that ... While the resistivities of pyroelectric conductors extend over the entire ..."

2. Theory and Calculations of Electrical Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"pyroelectric Conductors 8. A third class of conductors are the pyroelectric ... The characteristic of the pyroelectric conductors, however, is such a very ..."

3. Theory and Calculation of Electric Circuits by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1917)
"pyroelectric Conductors 8. A third class of conductors are the pyroelectric ... The characteristic of the pyroelectric conductors, however, is such a very ..."

4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"Fracture uneven. Somewhat brittle. pyroelectric. It gives off water when heated and melts before the blowpipe to a white or yellowish glass. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In many pyroelectric crystals there are more than one electric axis, ... An enumeration of the various crystals in which pyroelectric properties have been ..."

6. Elementary Treatise on Physics, Experimental and Applied, for the Use of by Adolphe Ganot (1893)
"Tourmaline only becomes pyroelectric within certain limits of temperature; ... Besides tourmaline the following minerals are found to be pyroelectric, ..."

7. Elementary Treatise on Physics Experimental and Applied for the Use of by Adolphe Ganot (1890)
"Tourmaline only becomes pyroelectric within certain limits of temperature ... Besides tourmaline the following minerals are found to be pyroelectric, ..."

8. Report of the Annual Meeting (1848)
"Sir D. Brewster has pointed out a way by which the pyroelectric quality of ... These boracite particles show by their pyroelectric properties that they must ..."

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