“thermo、electricity”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

thermo-electricity

释义

ˌthermo-eˌlecˈtricity
[f. thermo- + electricity.]
Electricity generated in a body by difference of temperature in its parts; esp. an electric current produced in a closed circuit composed of two dissimilar metals when one of the points of union is kept at a temperature different from that of the rest of the circuit. Also, that branch of electrical science which treats of currents produced by means of heat.
1823[see thermo-electric 1].1827Cumming Man. Electro-Dynamics 189 On the electro-dynamic effects of heat, or thermo-electricity.1830Herschel Nat. Philos. 341 The curious relations of electricity to heat, as exhibited in the phenomena of what has been called thermo-electricity.1834Edin. Rev. LIX. 167 The new branches of magneto-electricity and thermo-electricity.1871Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) II. xiv. 347 In 1826 Thomas Seebeck discovered thermo-electricity.

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