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PYROELECTRICITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyroelectricity mean?
• PYROELECTRICITY (noun)
The noun PYROELECTRICITY has 1 sense:
1. generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
Familiarity information: PYROELECTRICITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("pyroelectricity" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Derivation:
pyroelectric; pyroelectrical (relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity)
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