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English
Etymology
From a- + diathermic.
Adjective
adiathermic (not comparable)
- impervious to heat
1843, Richard Taylor, Scientific Memoirs, Selected from the Transactions of Foreign Academies of Science and Learned Societies, and from Foreign Journals, page 534:... and athermanous be thrown aside , and that the denominations diathermic and adiathermic, which have a more regular formation , and are more conformable to the terminations of the new nomenclature , should be substituted for them .
1889, Henry George Madan, An Elementary Treatise on Heat, page 327:323 , glass was shown to be extremely adiathermic, for dark radiation , at any rate . It transmits luminous rays without much loss , but comparatively little heat is obtainable from these , as is evident from the curve in fig .
1904, United States. Patent Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1671:D ance provided with a sealed covering - chamber containing vapor with adiathermic properties, and a sealed chamber containing a vacuum applied thereto , externally thereof . 7. Means for intercepting heat or cold made up of a […]
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