diathermanism

English

Noun

diathermanism (uncountable)

(archaic, rare) The doctrine or phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat.
- 1850, The Practical Mechanic's Journal:
  The term diathermanism has been invented to express the In order to ascertain the mean daily range

Related terms

diathermanous

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “diathermanism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)