ˌthermo-ˈmultiplier
[f. thermo- + multiplier 4.]
Early name for a thermopile: so called in reference to the multiplying effect of the numerous cells in the battery.
| 1835 Faraday tr. Melloni in Philos. Mag. VII. 475 In order to experiment under these circumstances, it is clearly necessary to employ an extremely delicate thermoscope, such as well-constructed thermomultipliers. 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sc., Chem. 276 The thermo-multiplier of Nobili consists of about fifty pairs of antimony and bismuth bars. 1879 Newcomb & Holden Astron. 495 In the case of the brighter stars the heat radiated has been made sensible in the foci of our telescopes by means of the thermo-multiplier. |
So ˌthermo-ˈmultiple in same sense.
| 1895 in Funk's Stand. Dict. |