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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity;
[syn: pyroelectric, pyroelectrical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pyroelectric \Pyr`o*e*lec"tric\, a. [Pyro- + electric.] (Physics) Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pyroelectric \Pyr`o*e*lec"tric\, n. (Physics) A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pyroelectric adj 1: relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity [syn: pyroelectric, pyroelectrical]