Thermal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθɜːməl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Thermal is an adjective meaning Pertaining to heat or temperature.
Meaning
Pertaining to heat or temperature.
More Meanings
- (fabric) Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
- Caused or brought about by heat.
- (stone) Having a rough finish from treatment with a blowtorch.
- (meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.
- (military) FLIR.
- (stone) To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blowtorch.
- (gliding, often in the present participle) To fly an unpowered aircraft in a thermal (column of rising air).
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- thermals
- thermaling
- thermalling
- thermaled
- thermalled
Synonyms for thermal
Depending on context, synonyms include hot, caloric, thermic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thermic, caloric, hot, temperature, calorific, thermoelectric.
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