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Thermal   /θˈərməl/   Listen
Thermal

adjective
1.
Relating to or associated with heat.  Synonyms: caloric, thermic.  "Thermal capacity" , "Thermic energy" , "The caloric effect of sunlight"
2.
Of or relating to a hot spring.
3.
Caused by or designed to retain heat.  "Thermal underwear"



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"Thermal" Quotes from Famous Books



... thermotaxic balance being habitually anomalous, the emergency was not successfully encountered; and this was more particularly the case because the nerve-centres of vital resistance to sudden and extreme thermal ...
— A Strange Discovery • Charles Romyn Dake
... subterranean water circulates much below that depth, and is brought again to the surface by hydrostatic pressure. In many instances springs have a higher temperature than the average annual temperature of the region, and are then known as thermal springs. In regions of present or recent volcanic activity, such as the Yellowstone National Park, we may believe that the heat of thermal springs is derived from uncooled lavas, perhaps not far below the surface. But when hot springs occur at a distance of hundreds of miles from ...
— The Elements of Geology • William Harmon Norton
... large amount of heat liberated when a metal solidifies, there are other changes indicated by the thermal analysis of many alloys which occur after the body has become entirely solidified. These so-called transformation points or ranges may be caused by chemical reactions taking place within the solid, substances being precipitated from a "solid solution," or a sudden change in ...
— The Working of Steel - Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel • Fred H. Colvin
... extremely interesting; but it is well to add that the success of the treatment is not indicated in any constant way by the thermal changes, which are neither so steady nor so remarkable as those ...
— Fat and Blood - An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria • S. Weir Mitchell


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