thermal
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- adjective
- /ˈθɜrməl/
:
térmico
- During the hike, I wore thermal leggings under my pants to stay warm in the cold weather.
- thermal energy
- thermal conductivity
- thermal expansion
You're wearing boots, thermal socks and three blankets.
- You're wearing boots, thermal socks and three blankets.
- Or when we tried to reuse thermal compound from inside ACPU.
- I've been loving this thermal brush thing.
Examples
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Here's a chart showing a daily thermal profile for the campus.
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Thermal imaging shows clusters of people in the Longhouse at the top of the village.
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So it's called a thermal hair heat cap.
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But also the thermal environment in the chamber, it's hot.
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And normally the thermal sensor tells you it's cold.
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Another item from Joy Co is the thermal protection spray.
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We've set up a thermal camera for observation.
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You're wearing boots, thermal socks and three blankets.
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After all, wind turbines produce no air, water, or thermal pollutants, and emit no greenhouse gases.
Academic text (2008) -
Such gas turbine systems promise an increased thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency of 50 percent over conventional gas turbines.
Academic text (2012)
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A unit of heat equal to the heat needed to raise one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit
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A harmful rise in river or lake water temperature caused by hot water from factories
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A nuclear power plant that makes electricity by splitting atoms with slow neutrons
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A state where all parts have the same temperature and no heat flows between them
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A limit to how fast planes or spacecraft can go because the air makes them very hot at high speed
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An electronic part that changes how much it reduces electric current when it gets hot or cold
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A system that uses sunlight to make heat for hot water or heating buildings
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Etymology
The word __thermal__ comes from the Greek root therm- meaning 'heat', the same root you see in thermometer and thermostat. So thermal** items are about heat or are made to keep heat in.