thermal

AU, UK /ˈθɜːməl/ · CA, US /ˈθɝməl/

Etymology From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”).

Derived terms

111 terms

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, radiothermal, recuperative thermal oxidizer, regenerative thermal oxidizer, solar thermal collector, stenothermal, subthermal, superthermal, suprathermal, synthermal, Thermageddon, thermal analysis, thermal break, thermal camera, thermal coal, thermal comfort, thermal compound, thermal conductance, thermal conductivity, thermal contact, thermal credit, thermal cycler, thermal death time, thermal design power, thermal desorption, thermal dissipation power, 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 sensation, thermal shock, thermal spring, thermal turbulence, thermal underwear, thermal unit, thermistor

Related terms

therm, thermo-

Hyponyms

aerothermal, hydrothermal