TEMPERATURE SENSOR


Meaning of TEMPERATURE SENSOR in English

A device that opens and closes a switch in response to changes in the temperature. This device might be a metal contact, or a thermocouple that generates minute electrical current proportional to the difference in heat, or a variable resistor whose value changes in response to changes in temperature. Also called a heat sensor

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.