THERMOELECTRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thermoelectric mean? 

• THERMOELECTRIC (adjective)
  The adjective THERMOELECTRIC has 1 sense:

1. involving or resulting from thermoelectricity

  Familiarity information: THERMOELECTRIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERMOELECTRIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

thermoelectric; thermoelectrical

Pertainym:

thermoelectricity (electricity produced by heat (as in a thermocouple))

Derivation:

thermoelectricity (electricity produced by heat (as in a thermocouple))

 Context examples 

"We use a liquid metal of gallium and indium — a common, non-toxic alloy called EGaIn — to connect the thermoelectric 'legs'."

(Flexible Wearable Electronics Use Body Heat for Energy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The city’s two million inhabitants and 500,000 vehicles add to the pollution released by thermoelectric plants to produce a plume that moves into surrounding areas through wind patterns.

(Tiny pollutants intensify storms in the Amazon, SciDev.Net)

"In the short term we're looking to make a compact infrared power supply, perhaps to replace radioisotope thermoelectric generators."

(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He said one of the key challenges of a flexible harvester is to connect thermoelectric elements in series using reliable, low-resistivity interconnects.

(Flexible Wearable Electronics Use Body Heat for Energy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

In a proof-of-concept study, North Carolina State University engineers designed a flexible thermoelectric energy harvester that has the potential to rival the effectiveness of existing power wearable electronic devices using body heat as the only source of energy.

(Flexible Wearable Electronics Use Body Heat for Energy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We wanted to design a flexible thermoelectric harvester that does not compromise on the material quality of rigid devices yet provides similar or better efficiency, said Mehmet Ozturk, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State.

(Flexible Wearable Electronics Use Body Heat for Energy, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)