thermopile

thermopile
/therr"meuh puyl'/, n. Physics.
a device consisting of a number of thermocouples joined in series, used for generating thermoelectric current or for detecting and measuring radiant energy, as from a star.
[1840-50; THERMO- + PILE1]

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