PYROELECTRICITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("pyroelectricity" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

Derivation:

pyroelectric; pyroelectrical (relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity)

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