n. one of several units of heat, especially one equivalent to 1000 large calories, or 100, 000 British thermal units. [ PJC ]
‖n. pl. [ L. See Thermal. ] Springs or baths of warm or hot water. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. thermae hot springs, fr. Gr. &unr_;, pl. of &unr_; heat, fr. &unr_; hot, warm, &unr_; to warm, make hot; perhaps akin to L. formus warm, and E. forceps. ]
The thermal condition of the earth. J. D. Forbes. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thermal conductivity,
Thermal spectrum
Thermal unit (Physics),
adv. In a thermal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + E. antidote. ] A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [ India ]
Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + &unr_; measure + -graph. ] A self-registering thermometer, especially one that registers the maximum and minimum during long periods. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; heat. ] Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal;
Thermic balance.
Thermic fever (Med.),
Thermic weight. (Mech.)
‖n. [ F., fr. Gr. &unr_; warm, hot. ] The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, -- commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendémiaire. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + L. fugere to flee. ] (Chem.) An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name. [ 1913 Webster ]
A combining form from Gr.