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Definition of Thermal

1. Noun. Rising current of warm air.

2. Adjective. Relating to or associated with heat. "The caloric effect of sunlight"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to a hot spring. "Thermal water"

4. Adjective. Caused by or designed to retain heat. "Thermal underwear"

Definition of Thermal

1. a. Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

Definition of Thermal

1. Noun. (meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of Earth's surface. ¹

2. Adjective. pertaining to heat or temperature. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: fabric) providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thermal

1. a rising mass of warm air [n -S]

Medical Definition of Thermal

1. Pertaining to or characterised by heat. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thermal

theridiid therio- theriodont theriodonta theriodontia theriodonts theriogenologic theriomorphic theriomorphism theriotomy

therizinosauroid therm thermacogenesis thermae thermal (current term) thermal-paper thermal anaesthesia thermal analysis thermal barrier thermal break

thermal burn thermal capacity thermal conductance thermal conductivity thermal contact thermal conversion cycle thermal cover thermal cycler thermal desorption

Literary usage of Thermal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Heat and Thermodynamics by Francis M. Hartmann (1911)
"CHAPTER VI ELASTICITIES AND thermal CAPACITIES OF GASES 62. THE adiabatic equation, for gases and vapors, being so frequently employed in the discussion of ..."

2. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Gray (1896)
"RELATION BETWEEN thermal AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES. That there is a close relation between the thermal and the electrical conductivities of metal was ..."

3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1908)
"A method of determining the thermal conductivity of Indiarubber. ... Though the principles of thermal conduction are of great importance in the study of ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1879)
"THE research and correspondence necessary for the completion, of an historical sketch of the attempts hitherto made to determine experimentally the thermal ..."

5. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1897)
"Since very different values were obtained for the thermal conductivity of electrolytic copper in the researches of Berget, L. Lorenz, &c., ..."

6. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1894)
"thermal and Electric Conductivities—Variation of thermal Conductivity with Temperature.—It was first remarked by Forbes that the order of the thermal and ..."

7. The Theory of Heat by Thomas Preston (1904)
"thermal and Electric Conductivities—Variation of thermal Conductivity with Temperature.—It was first remarked by Forbes that the order of the thermal and ..."

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