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ˌthermo-eˈlectric, a. (n.)
[f. thermo- + electric.]
1. Of or pertaining to thermo-electricity; characterized or operated by an electric current produced by difference of temperature. thermo-electric battery, thermo-electric current, thermo-electric pair, thermo-electric pile: see quot. 1876.
1823Cumming in Ann. Philos. Sept. 177 (heading) A List of Substances arranged according to their Thermoelectric Relations, with a Description of Instruments for exhibiting Rotation by Thermoelectricity. 1832Nat. Philos. II. Electro-Magnet. xiii. §305. 93 (Usef. Knowl. Soc.) The electrical current thus excited has been termed Thermo-electric, in order to distinguish it from the common galvanic current. 1842Francis Dict. Arts, etc., Thermo-Electric Circuit,..Piles,..Thermometer. 1863Tyndall Heat i. (1870) App. 77 A thermo-electric pair or couple. c1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 29/1 We observe the thermo-electric battery. 1876Preece & Sivewright Telegraphy 298 A current of electricity will continue to flow so long as a difference of temperature is maintained between the junction and the extremities. This current is named a thermo-electric current, and the two metals form what is known as a thermo-electric pair; a combination of these pairs forms the thermo-electric pile or battery. 1878Gurney Crystallogr. 115 Crystals sometimes acquire different electrifications when two ends are..differently heated... These crystals are called thermo-electric. 1902Sloane Stand. Electr. Dict., Thermo-electric Telephone, a telephone transmitter including a thermo-electric battery placed in circuit with the line.
2. Of or pertaining to heat and electricity; thermo-electric alarm or thermo-electric call, a device in which a rise or fall of temperature to a pre-arranged point closes an electric circuit so as to cause a bell to ring.
1877Knight Dict. Mech., Thermo-electric-Alarm, an apparatus designed to indicate the rise of temperature in bearings for shaftings, or in any kind of machinery or any branch of manufacture where a fixed temperature is desirable. 1902Sloane Stand. Electr. Dict., Thermo-electric Call, a thermostat arranged to ring a bell or give some indication when the temperature rises or falls beyond certain points.
†B. n. (See quot. 1842.) Obs.
1823Cumming in Ann. Philos. Sept. 179 The motion of the thermoelectrics on the approach of a magnet. 1842Francis Dict. Arts, etc., Thermo-Electrics, metallic bodies, the union of which show[s] the effects attributed to thermo-electricity.
So thermo-eˈlectrical a.; hence thermo-eˈlectrically adv., in a thermo-electric manner; by means of thermo-electricity.
1830Edinb. Encycl. XVIII. 584/1 Professor Oersted has proposed to call the current discovered by Dr. Seebeck the thermo-electrical current. 1878Chrystal in Encycl. Brit. VIII. 94/2 A thermoelectric series, any metal in which is thermoelectrically related to any following one. 1881Athenæum 29 Jan. 169/3 A thermo-electrical pile, one end of which is exposed to the heat, the other end being kept cool. 1895Electrician 13 Sept. 637/1 He also considered the possibility of the back E.M.F. being produced thermo⁓electrically. 1979Nature 11 Oct. 498/1 (caption) Photo⁓multiplier in..thermoelectrically cooled housing. |