thermocouple

English

Etymology

From thermo- +‎ couple.

Noun

thermocouple (plural thermocouples)

1. (physics) A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is produced that is proportional to the difference in temperature between the two junctions (one of which is normally held at a known temperature)

Derived terms

• thermocoupled
• thermocoupling

Translations

type of transducer

• Bulgarian: термодвойка f (termodvojka)
• Finnish: lämpösähköpari, termoelementti
• German: Thermoelement n
• Greek: θερμοζεύγος (el) n (thermozévgos)
• Irish: teirmeachúpla m
• Italian: termocoppia (it) f
• Korean: 열전대 (yeoljeondae)
• Portuguese: termopar m
• Romanian: termocuplu (ro) n
• Spanish: termocupla f, termopar m
• Swedish: termoelement n, termokors n

French

Noun

thermocouple m (plural thermocouples)

1. (physics) thermocouple

Further reading

• “thermocouple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.