Thermocurrent

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thermocurrent \Ther"mo*cur`rent\, n. [Thermo- + current.]
     (Physics)
     A current developed or set in motion by heat; specif., an
     electric current, in a heterogeneous circuit, due to
     differences of temperature between the junctions of the
     substances of which the circuit is composed.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]