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Definition of Pyroelectricity
1. Noun. Generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature.
Definition of Pyroelectricity
1. n. Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which treats of electricity thus developed.
Definition of Pyroelectricity
1. Noun. (physics) The generation of electric charge as a result of a change in temperature. ¹
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Definition of Pyroelectricity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyroelectricity
Literary usage of Pyroelectricity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dana's Manual of Mineralogy for the Student of Elementary Mineralogy, the by James Dwight Dana, William Ebenezer Ford (1912)
"pyroelectricity. Crystals of certain minerals, on cooling after being heated to
about 100° C., will develop upon different portions a positive and a ..."
2. Manual of Blowpipe Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative, with a Complete by Henry Bedinger Cornwall (1882)
"Magnetism and pyroelectricity. For practice on the commoner minerals, a good,
small bar magnet will suffice. The particles to be tested may be placed on ..."
3. Lecture Notes on General and Special Mineralogy by Frank Robertson Van Horn (1903)
"B. pyroelectricity. This is the state of electric potential (positive and negative)
developed in crystallographically dissimilar parts of a non-con- ..."
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