Associations to the word «Pyroelectricity»

Wiktionary

PYROELECTRICITY, noun. (physics) The generation of electric charge as a result of a change in temperature.

Dictionary definition

PYROELECTRICITY, noun. Generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke