thermophone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of transducer that generates sound waves of precise power.
  2. A portable telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.
  3. 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

thermophone thermophones

Etymology

From thermo- + -phone.

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