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thermochromy.

The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

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noun
  1. The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

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Where this word comes from

From thermo- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).

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