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Thermophone
Translation of "thermophone" into Russian
thermophone
Noun
UK
/ˈθɜːməfəʊn/
US
/ˈθɜrməfoʊn/
thermophone
thermophones pl
термофон
The thermophone is used in scientific experiments to measure temperature changes.
Термофон используется в научных экспериментах для измерения изменений температуры.
Definitions
thermophone
Noun
UK
/ˈθɜːməfəʊn/
US
/ˈθɜrməfoʊn/
An acoustic transducer that produces sound by the rapid periodic heating and cooling of a conductor, creating pressure waves in the surrounding medium; used in scientific research and in no-moving-parts loudspeaker prototypes.
The graphene thermophone emitted music without any moving diaphragm.
(Historical) An instrument for demonstrating the conversion between acoustic energy and thermal energy, formerly used in physics lectures and experiments.
Victorian lecturers employed a thermophone to show that heat variations could generate audible tones.