thermal
English edit
Etymology edit
From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
thermal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to heat or temperature.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
- (fabric) Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
- Caused or brought about by heat.
- (stone) Having a rough finish from treatment with a blowtorch.
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Derived terms edit
- accumulated thermal unit
- allothermal
- anisothermal
- athermal
- autothermal
- biothermal
- bithermal
- British thermal unit
- carbothermal
- chronothermal
- coefficient of thermal expansion
- cryothermal
- dendrothermal
- diathermal
- differential thermal analysis
- dynamothermal
- electrothermal
- endothermal
- epithermal
- eurythermal
- exothermal
- geothermal
- gravithermal
- gravothermal
- gyrothermal
- haematothermal
- hematothermal
- heterothermal
- homeothermal
- homothermal
- hyperthermal
- hypothermal
- isothermal
- macrothermal
- magnetothermal
- mechanothermal
- megathermal
- mesothermal
- microthermal
- mucothermal
- multithermal
- nanothermal
- non-thermal
- nonthermal
- nuclear-thermal rocket
- optothermal
- oxythermal
- photothermal
- pluviothermal
- poikilothermal
- polythermal
- prethermal
- pseudothermal
- recuperative thermal oxidizer
- regenerative thermal oxidizer
- solar thermal collector
- stenothermal
- subthermal
- superthermal
- suprathermal
- synthermal
- Thermageddon
- thermal analysis
- thermal break
- thermal camera
- thermal coal
- thermal compound
- thermal conductance
- thermal conductivity
- thermal contact
- thermal credit
- thermal cycler
- thermal design power
- thermal desorption
- thermal energy
- thermal gel
- thermalgravimetric
- thermal grease
- thermal horsepower
- thermal imaging
- thermalisation
- thermalise
- thermalism
- thermality
- thermalization
- thermalize
- thermal lance
- thermal lithosphere
- thermally
- thermal mass
- thermal neutron
- thermal noise
- thermal oxidizer
- thermal paper
- thermal paste
- thermal printer
- thermal pulse
- thermal radiation
- thermal rocket
- thermal shock
- thermal spring
- thermal turbulence
- thermal underwear
- thermistor
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Translations edit
pertaining to heat or temperature
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providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm
caused, brought about by heat
Noun edit
thermal (plural thermals)
- (meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.
- 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 91:
- The hawk had mounted its thermal by the time he got to the yard, flapping its wings violently against the updraft.
Synonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
column of rising air
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Verb edit
thermal (third-person singular simple present thermals, present participle thermaling or thermalling, simple past and past participle thermaled or thermalled)
- (stone) To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blowtorch.
- (gliding, often in the present participle) To fly an unpowered aircraft in a thermal (column of rising air).
Coordinate terms edit
- edge (creating a finish on stone)
- thermal edge (creating a finish on stone)
- gliding (fly an unpowered aircraft)
Further reading edit
- “thermal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “thermal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
thermal (feminine thermale, masculine plural thermaux, feminine plural thermales)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “thermal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
thermal (not comparable)
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