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thermal |
Grep of noun thermal british thermal unit thermal thermal barrier thermal emission thermal equilibrium thermal pollution thermal printer thermal reactor thermal resistor thermal spring thermalgesia Overview of noun thermal The noun thermal has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. thermal -- (rising current of warm air) Overview of adj thermal The adj thermal has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (31) thermal, thermic, caloric -- (relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight") 2. thermal -- (caused by or designed to retain heat; "thermal springs"; "a thermal burn"; "thermal underwear") Antonyms of adj thermal 2 senses of thermal Sense 1 thermal (vs. nonthermal), thermic, caloric nonthermal (vs. thermal) Sense 2 thermal INDIRECT (VIA hot) -> cold Similarity of adj thermal 2 senses of thermal Sense 1 thermal (vs. nonthermal), thermic, caloric Pertains to noun heat (Sense 1) =>heat, heat energy => energy Sense 2 thermal => hot (vs. cold) Attributes of adj thermal Familiarity of adj thermal thermal used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj thermal endothermal exothermal hyperthermal isothermal nonthermal thermal Overview of noun thermal The noun thermal has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. thermal -- (rising current of warm air) Overview of adj thermal The adj thermal has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (31) thermal, thermic, caloric -- (relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight") 2. thermal -- (caused by or designed to retain heat; "thermal springs"; "a thermal burn"; "thermal underwear")
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