thermal
Appearance
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]- IPA(key): /ˈθɝməl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)məl
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.
Hyponyms
[edit]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 death time
- 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 relaxation time
- thermal rocket
- thermal shock
- thermal spring
- thermal turbulence
- thermal underwear
- thermistor
Related terms
[edit]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)
Related terms
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷʰer-
- English terms derived from French
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- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)məl
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- English lemmas
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- English nouns
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- en:Meteorology
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- en:Temperature
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