Look up: thermal

1. thermal
   [Adjective] To do with or caused by heat.
   Example: When it’s cold I wear thermal underwear.
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2. Thermal
   Coefficient of Resistance The change in resistance of a semiconductor per unit change in temperature, over a specific range of temperature.
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3. Thermal
   A printing system where dots are selectively heated and cooled and drag upon a heat sensitive paper. The paper turns dark in the heated areas. See AIM document T-20, 'Direct Thermal Printing'.
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4. thermal
   [adj] - relating to or associated with heat 2. [adj] - caused by or designed to retain heat 3. [n] - rising current of warm air
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5. thermal
   Pertaining to heat.
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6. Thermal
   Adjective describing the effects of temperature of heat, e.g. thermal effects.
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7. thermal
   depression which results from high temperatures caused by intense heating at the Earth`s surface. Category: The cosmos • lift imparted to air mass because of greater density of cold surrounding air Category: Transport • in relation to an atmospheric layer, the vector differen...
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8. Thermal
   Ther'mal adjective [ Latin thermae hot springs, from Greek ..., plural of ... heat, from ... hot, warm, ... to warm, make hot; perhaps akin to Latin formus warm, and English forceps .] Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the ...
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9. thermal
   Pertaining to or characterised by heat. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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10. thermal
    thermic adjective relating to or associated with heat; `thermal movements of molecules`; `thermal capacity`; `thermic energy`; `the caloric effect of sunlight`
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11. thermal
    adjective caused by or designed to retain heat; `a thermal burn`; `thermal underwear`
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12. thermal
    noun rising current of warm air
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13. thermal
    (thur´mәl) pertaining to heat.
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14. Thermal
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.
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15. thermal
    current of air rising from a locally hot patch of ground. See updraft and downdraft.[4 related articles]
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16. thermal
    pertaining to or characterized by heat.
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17. thermal
    thermal 1. Relating to or involving heat or heat transfer. 2. A localized air current that rises aloft when the lower atmosphere is heated enough to produce an instability over a certain area. 3. A rising current of relatively warm air, used by gliders and birds to gain height. 4. In meteorology, ...
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18. Thermal
    A thermal column (or thermal) is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth`s atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth`s surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection, specifically atmospheric convection. The Sun warms the ground, which in...
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19. Thermal
    A rising parcel of warm, and less dense, air generally produced when the Earth's surface is heated or when cold air moves over a warmer surface such as warm water.
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20. thermal
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ther′măl Definitions: 1. Pertaining to heat.
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