Meaning

1 senses
  1. A conical device used to visually gauge heatwork during the firing of ceramics in a kiln. The individual cones in a set soften and fall over at different temperatures.

More definitions
  • a pyrometer consisting of a series of cones that melt at different temperatures

Forms

plural: pyrometric cones
Singularpyrometric cone
Pluralpyrometric cones

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

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