See Also: Pyroelectric(medicine)
pyroelectric(dictionary)

pyroelectric (iou)



pyroelectric adjective. M19.
[from PYRO- + ELECTRIC.]
Of a crystal or crystalline substance: that becomes electrically polar when heated. Also, of, pertaining to, or utilizing this effect.
pyroelec'tricity noun (the property of displaying) electric polarization induced by heating M19.