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A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.

A thermoelectric couple.

A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.

An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current.

A junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple.

n of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the feeblest degrees of heat.

Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action. Faraday.

An electric railway using such a rail. [Colloq.]

A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal.

se to project; as, to throw out a pier or an abutment. (e) To give forth; to emit; as, an electric lamp throws out a brilliant light. (f) To put out; to confuse; as, a sudden question often throws out an orator. -- To throw over, to abandon the cause of; to desert; to discard; as, to throw over a friend in difficultie…

The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.

A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity. "Thunderclaps that make them quake." Spenser. When suddenly the thunderclap was heard. Dryden.

A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.

A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc. Toaster oven. an electrical toaster.

to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.

body. -- Torsion balance (Physics.), an instrument for estimating very minute forces, as electric or magnetic attractions and repulsions, by the torsion of a very slender wire or fiber having at its lower extremity a horizontal bar or needle, upon which the forces act. -- Torsion scale, a scale for weighing in which…

A torsion balance used for measuring electric attraction or repulsion.

trailer park. An area equipped to accommodate trailers (2), often with outlets supplying electrical power and water. Called also trailer camp, trailer court.

who, or that which, transforms. Specif. (Elec.), an apparatus for producing from a given electrical current another current of different voltage.