thermophone
Meanings
noun
- A form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.
- A portable telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.
- A telephone involving heat effects, as changes in temperature (hence in length) due to pulsations of the line current in a fine wire connected with the receiver diaphragm.
Word forms
Etymology
From thermo- + -phone.
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