Relating to the generation of electricity through heating; describing phenomena involving both heat and electrical properties.
Formed by combining Latin calere (heat) with electric. This is a technical term from physics describing the relationship between thermal and electrical effects.
Calelectric phenomena are everywhere in modern technology—thermocouples in your oven, thermoelectric coolers in some fridges, and heat-to-electricity generators all exploit this heat-electricity connection!
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