thermorelay

noun

ther·​mo·​relay

¦thər(ˌ)mō+

: a device for detecting very small optical-lever deflections in which a reflected beam of radiation falls on a sensitive thermocouple so arranged as to measure very small deflections

Word History

Etymology

therm- + relay

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