Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PY-ROM'E-TER
PY-ROM'E-TER, n. [Gr. πυρ, fire, and μετρον, measure.]
- An instrument for measuring the expansion of bodies by heat.
- An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer; as, the pyrometer of Wedgewood.
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