thermal

CEFRB1

/ˈθɜːməl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to heat or temperature.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Caused or brought about by heat.

Examples

  • Air provides considerable thermal insulation when trapped in a chamber.

  • Yellowstone Park has many thermal areas of geysers and mud pots.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

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adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.

  2. Pertaining to heat or temperature.

  3. Having a rough finish from treatment with a blowtorch.

More examples

In context

  • The hawk had mounted its thermal by the time he got to the yard, flapping its wings violently against the updraft.

  • 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.

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Origin

adjective

From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”).