*thermo*

n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + thermograph. ] An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; warm + -meter. See Diathermal. ] (Physics) An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat-conducting power of liquids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Diathermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Obs. ] See Furthermore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most remote; farthest. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most remote; furthest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + E. thermometer. ] (Physics) A thermometer specially constructed for measuring temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; heat. ] (Physiol.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; hæmatothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; hot + &unr_; depth. ] (Phys. Geog) A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or indicating equal temperatures in a vertical section, as of the ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lower, nether. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. niðemest. See Nether, and cf. Aftermost. ] Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Poikilothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. th^le far + thermo- + -graph. ] (Physics) (a) A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station. (b) An instrument, usually electrical, making such records. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; far off + E. thermometer. ] (Physics) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Physics) An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + barometer. ] 1. (Physics) An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A siphon barometer adapted to be used also as a thermometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + battery. ] A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thermo- + cautery. ] (Surg.) Cautery by the application of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paquelin's thermocautery, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is kept constantly hot by the passage through it of benzine vapor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Chem. Physics) Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thermo- + chemistry. ] That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and that manifestation of force termed heat, or the determination of the heat evolved by, or employed in, chemical actions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Thermo- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color. ] Pertaining to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + Gr. &unr_; coloring. ] (Physics) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thermoelectric couple. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + current. ] (Physics) A current developed or set in motion by heat; specif., an electric current, in a heterogeneous circuit, due to differences of temperature between the junctions of the substances of which the circuit is composed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ G., fr. Gr. &unr_; heat. ] (Pharm.) A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Thermo- + dynamic. ] (Physics) Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thermodynamic function. See Heat weight, under Heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics) Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thermo- + electricity: cf. F. thermoélectricité. ] (Physics) Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } (Elec.) A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric current. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + electrometer. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determining the heat developed by such a current. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thermo- + -gen. ] (Old Chem.) Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Thermo- + -genous. ] (Physiol.) Producing heat; thermogenic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) The trace or record made by means of a thermograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + -graph. ] (Physics) An instrument for automatically recording indications of the variation of temperature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Thermo- + -graphy. ] Any process of writing involving the use of heat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Elec.) A junction of two dissimilar conductors used to produce a thermoelectric current, as in one form of pyrometer; a thermocouple. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Thermo- + -logy. ] A discourse on, or an account of, heat. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) Luminescence exhibited by a substance on being moderately heated. It is shown esp. by certain substances that have been exposed to the action of light or to X-rays. -- Ther`mo*lu`mi*nes"cent a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Thermo- + Gr. ly`ein to loose + -in. ] (Biochem.) a proteolytic enzyme obtained from the bacterium Bacillus thermoproteolyticus, which hydrolyses the N-terminal amide bonds of hydrophobic amino acid residues in proteins. It is used in studies of protein structure. It has a molecular weight of about 37, 500 and contains zinc and calcium in its active configuration. [ MI11 ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Thermo- + Gr. ly`ein to loose. ] (Chem.) The resolution of a compound into parts by heat; dissociation by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to thermolysis. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]