Thermal

['θɜːm(ə)l] or ['θɝml]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) rising current of warm air.

(adj.) caused by or designed to retain heat; 'a thermal burn'; 'thermal underwear' .

(adj.) of or relating to a hot spring; 'thermal water' .

(adj.) relating to or associated with heat; 'thermal movements of molecules'; 'thermal capacity'; 'thermic energy'; 'the caloric effect of sunlight' .

珍手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

錄入:皮埃尔

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Warm, hot.[2]. As respects heat.

錄入:赖安

解釋/意思:

adj. pertaining to heat: warm.—n. Therm a thermal unit.—n.pl. Ther′m?/span> hot springs or baths.—adv. Ther′mally.—n. Thermatol′ogy the science of the treatment of disease by heat esp. by thermal mineral waters.—adj. Ther′mic thermal.—adv. Ther′mically.—ns. Thermobarom′eter an apparatus for measuring pressure of the atmosphere from the boiling-point of water; Thermochem′istry that branch of chemistry which treats of the relations between chemical action and heat; Ther′mochrosy the property possessed by rays of radiant heat of having varying wave-lengths and degrees of refrangibility; Ther′mo-curr′ent a thermo-electric current.—adj. Ther′mo-dynam′ic.—n. Ther′mo-dynam′ics the branch of physics which treats of heat as a mechanical agent.—adj. Ther′mo-elec′tric.—ns. Ther′mo-electric′ity electricity developed by the unequal heating of bodies; Ther′mo-electrom′eter an instrument for measuring the strength of a current of electricity by its effect in producing heat; Thermogen′esis the production of heat esp. in the body by physiological processes.—adjs. Thermogenet′ic Thermogen′ic.—ns. Ther′mogram the record made by a thermograph; Ther′mograph an automatic self-registering thermometer; Thermog′raphy any process of writing involving the use of heat; Ther′mo-mag′netism magnetism as modified or produced by the action of heat on the body magnetised or on the medium surrounding it; Thermomet′rograph a self-registering thermometer; Ther′mo-pile a thermo-electric battery used as a thermometer; Ther′moscope an instrument for detecting changes of temperature without measuring them accurately.—adj. Thermoscop′ic.—adv. Thermoscop′ically.—n. Ther′mostat an appliance for showing temperatures automatically by the expansion of substances—used in regulating steam pressures &c.—adj. Thermostat′ic.—adv. Thermostat′ically.—adjs. Thermot′ic -al pertaining to heat.—n. Thermot′ics the science of heat.

編輯:梅布尔