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Meaning of pyroelectric effect | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The production of electrical potential in a substance as the temperature increases.

Examples

“Quartz crystals are piezoelectric, but they do not display pyroelectric effect.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

pyroelectricity pyroelectrodynamics pyroelectrometallurgy pyrogallate pyrogallein pyrogallic acid