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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pyroelectricity \Pyr`o*e`lec*tric"i*ty\, n. (Physics)
   Electricity developed by means of heat; the science which
   treats of electricity thus developed.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pyroelectricity
    n 1: generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such
         as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature