thermoelectricity noun. [,Ɵǝ:mǝʊɪlɛk'trɪsɪti] E19.
[from THERMO- + ELECTRICITY.]
Electricity generated in a body by difference of temperature in its parts; esp. an electric current produced in a closed circuit composed of two dissimilar metals when one of the points of union is kept at a temperature different from that of the rest of the circuit.

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