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Definition of Diathermic
1. a. Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances.
Definition of Diathermic
1. Adjective. (medicine) Of or pertaining to diathermy ¹
2. Adjective. That allows the free passage of heat ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diathermic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Diathermic
1. Relating to, characterised by, or affected by diathermy. Synonym: diathermal. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diathermic
Literary usage of Diathermic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat: A Series by John Tyndall (1872)
"Further Changes of diathermic Position. Wishing to compare the radiation from a
flame of ordinary coal-gas with that of our hydrogen flame, I reduced the ..."
2. The Principles of Physics and Biology of Radiation Therapy by Bernhard Kroenig, Walter Friedrich (1922)
"The diathermic current purely asserts an effect of heat. ... In these experiments
the strength of the diathermic current which circulated through the water ..."
3. First principles of physics, or Natural philosophy, designed for the use of by Benjamin Silliman (1859)
"Other causes which modify the diathermic power of bodies are the degree of ...
The quantity of heat which a diathermic body transmit«, increases with the ..."
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