The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pyroelectric
Pyroelectric \Pyr`o*e*lec"tric\, a. [Pyro- + electric.] (Physics) Pertaining to, or dependent on, pyroelectricity; receiving electric polarity when heated.
Pyroelectric
Pyroelectric \Pyr`o*e*lec"tric\, n. (Physics) A substance which becomes electrically polar when heated, exhibiting opposite charges of statical electricity at two separate parts, especially the two extremities.
Wiktionary
pyroelectric
a. of, relating to, or exhibiting pyroelectricity n. a pyroelectric substance
WordNet
pyroelectric
adj. relating to or exhibiting pyroelectricity [syn: pyroelectrical]