Pyroelectric

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. [1913 Webster]

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