释义 |
ˌthermo-ˈmultiplier [f. thermo- + multiplier 4.] Early name for a thermopile: so called in reference to the multiplying effect of the numerous cells in the battery.
1835Faraday tr. Melloni in Philos. Mag. VII. 475 In order to experiment under these circumstances, it is clearly necessary to employ an extremely delicate thermoscope, such as well-constructed thermomultipliers. 1854J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 276 The thermo-multiplier of Nobili consists of about fifty pairs of antimony and bismuth bars. 1879Newcomb & Holden Astron. 495 In the case of the brighter stars the heat radiated has been made sensible in the foci of our telescopes by means of the thermo-multiplier. So ˌthermo-ˈmultiple in same sense.
1895in Funk's Stand. Dict. |