noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An electrical junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.
2. 2
   a junction between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears wordnet

Etymology

From thermo- + junction.

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