thermal
pronunciation
How to pronounce thermal in British English:
UK [ˈθɜːml]
How to pronounce thermal in American English:
US [ˈθɜːrml]
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- Noun:
- rising current of warm air
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- Adjective:
- relating to or associated with heat
- of or relating to hot a hot spring
- caused by or designed to retain heat
Word Origin
- thermal (adj.)
- 1756, "having to do with hot springs," from French thermal (Buffon), from Greek therme "heat, feverish heat," from PIE *gwher- "to heat, warm" (cognates: Latin fornax "an oven, kiln," formus "warm," Old English wearm; see warm (adj.)). Sense of "having to do with heat" is first recorded 1837. The noun meaning "rising current of relatively warm air" is recorded from 1933.
Example
- 1. Will the potential for thermal cracking be reduced ?
- 2. The research was published in the journal applied thermal engineering .
- 3. The darker areas within saturn show the strongest thermal radiation .
- 4. The reason they are smooth is the thermal structure right below them .
- 5. The solar thermal storage system is designed to meet exactly those needs .