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English
Etymology
From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”).
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Adjective
thermal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to heat or temperature.
2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
- (fabric) Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
- Caused or brought about by heat.
- (stone) Having a rough finish from treatment with a blowtorch.
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pertaining to heat or temperature
providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm
caused, brought about by heat
Noun
thermal (plural thermals)
- (meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.
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Verb
thermal (third-person singular simple present thermals, present participle thermaling or thermalling, simple past and past participle thermaled or thermalled)
- (stone) To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blowtorch.
- (gliding, often in the present participle) To fly an unpowered aircraft in a thermal (column of rising air).
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Further reading
- “thermal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “thermal”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek.
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thermal (feminine thermale, masculine plural thermaux, feminine plural thermales)
- thermal
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Interlingua
Adjective
thermal (not comparable)
- thermal
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