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thermocouple


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thermocouple  \Ther"mo*cou`ple\,  n. 
  A  thermoelectric  couple. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thermocouple 
  n  :  two  wires  of  different  metals  are  joined  at  both  ends  one 
  junction  is  at  the  temperature  to  be  measured  and  the 
  other  is  held  at  a  fixed  lower  temperature;  the  current 
  generated  in  the  circuit  is  proportional  to  the 
  temperature  difference  [syn:  {thermocouple  junction}] 




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