Definition of Thermoelectricity

1. Noun. Electricity produced by heat (as in a thermocouple).

Generic synonyms: Electricity
Derivative terms: Thermoelectric

Definition of Thermoelectricity

1. n. Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.

Definition of Thermoelectricity

1. Noun. (physics) The direct conversion of heat into electricity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Thermoelectricity

1. Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity. Origin: Thermo- + electricity: cf. F. Thermoelectricite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermoelectricity

thermodynamic temperatures
thermodynamic theory of narcosis
thermodynamical
thermodynamically
thermodynamicist
thermodynamicists
thermodynamics
thermodynamics of equilibrium
thermoelastic
thermoelasticity
thermoelectric
thermoelectric pile
thermoelectric thermometer
thermoelectrical
thermoelectrically
thermoelectricity
thermoelectrics
thermoelectrometer
thermoelectrometry
thermoelement
thermoelements
thermoesthesia
thermoesthesiometer
thermoexcitory
thermofields
thermoform
thermoformable
thermoformed
thermoforming
thermoforms

Literary usage of Thermoelectricity

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

1. A Text-book of Physics by Alexander Wilmer Duff, Albert Pruden Carman, Exum Percival Lewis, Robert Kenning McClung, Charles Elwood Mendenhall (1921)
"Thermoelectricity Thermoelectricity 477. Thermoelectric Currents. ... This phenomenon of thermoelectricity was discovered in 1821 by Seebeck, ..."

2. Units and Physical Constants by Joseph David Everett (1886)
"... +0-241 Zinc and copper, + 0 -750 Thermoelectricity. 1-979 207. The electromotive force of a thermoelectric circuit is called Thermoelectric force. ..."

3. Lecture Notes on General and Special Mineralogy by Frank Robertson Van Horn (1903)
"Thermoelectricity, possibly accompanied by galvanism, may perhaps be an active agent in the formation of ore deposits, since we often find conducting ..."

4. Units and Physical Constants by Joseph David Everett (1886)
"... +0-241 Zinc and copper, + 0 -750 1-979 Thermoelectricity. 207. The electromotive force of a thermoelectric circuit is called Thermoelectric force. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Thermoelectricity on Dictionary.com!Search for Thermoelectricity on Thesaurus.com!Search for Thermoelectricity on Google!Search for Thermoelectricity on Wikipedia!

Search