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pyroelectricity

noun
py路​ro路​elec路​tric路​i路​ty | \ 藢p墨-藢r艒-蓹-藢lek-藞tri-s蓹-t膿 How to pronounce pyroelectricity (audio) , -藞tri-st膿\

Definition of pyroelectricity

: a state of electrical polarization produced (as in a crystal) by a change of temperature

Other Words from pyroelectricity

pyroelectric \ 藢p墨-​藢r艒-​蓹-​藞lek-​trik How to pronounce pyroelectric (audio) \ adjective

First Known Use of pyroelectricity

1824, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for pyroelectricity

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