pyrometer.

An instrument for measuring temperature, especially high temperatures, often from emitted radiation without touching the target.

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Words that belong together

• an optical pyrometer
• a radiation pyrometer
• pyrometer reading

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She aimed the pyrometer through the inspection window at the glowing billet.

A dirty window distorted the pyrometer reading and delayed the restart.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular pyrometer; plural pyrometers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.