A device based on the thermoelectric effect, by which two junctions between dissimilar
conductors (metallic or heavily doped semiconductors) kept at different temperatures
generate an
electric potential.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1745
(Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-XI. Detection
of radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1751