thermocouple

thermocouple

English

Etymology

From thermo- +‎ couple.

Noun

thermocouple (plural thermocouples)

1. (physics) A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)

Derived terms

• thermocoupled
• thermocoupling

Translations

type of transducer

Bulgarian: термодвойка f (termodvojka) Finnish: lämpösähköpari, termoelementti German: Thermoelement n Greek: θερμοζεύγος (el) n (thermozévgos) Irish: teirmeachúpla m Italian: termocoppia (it) f Korean: 열전대 (yeoljeondae) Portuguese: termopar m Romanian: termocuplu (ro) n Spanish: termocupla f, termopar m Swedish: termoelement n, termokors n

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French

Noun

thermocouple m (plural thermocouples)

1. (physics) thermocouple

Further reading

• “thermocouple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.