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thermal.

Pertaining to heat or temperature.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈθɜːməl/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈθɝməl/Canada, General-American
  1. Pertaining to heat or temperature.

    not-comparable
  2. Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.

    not-comparable
  3. Caused or brought about by heat.

    not-comparable
  4. Having a rough finish from treatment with a blowtorch.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈθɜːməl/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈθɝməl/Canada, General-American
  1. A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.

  2. FLIR.

  3. thermocline.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈθɜːməl/Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈθɝməl/Canada, General-American
  1. To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blowtorch.

  2. To fly an unpowered aircraft in a thermal (column of rising air).

Where this word comes from

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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