rethermalize
English
editEtymology
editre- + thermalize
Verb
editrethermalize (third-person singular simple present rethermalizes, present participle rethermalizing, simple past and past participle rethermalized)
- (of food) To reheat.
- (physics) To return to thermal equilibrium.
- 2001, John Gillaspy, Trapping Highly Charged Ions: Fundamentals and Applications, page 45:
- The difference in energies of the ions ionized in various parts of the electron beam will then rethermalize, resulting in an increased temperature.
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