Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thermocouple

1 sense of thermocouple

Sense 1
thermocouple, thermocouple junction -- (a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference)
       => thermometer -- (measuring instrument for measuring temperature)