thermal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thermal	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thermal adj relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" Synonym(s): thermal, thermic, caloric Antonym(s): nonthermal of or relating to a hot spring; "thermal water" caused by or designed to retain heat; "a thermal burn"; "thermal underwear" n rising current of warm air
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thermal \Ther"mal\, a. [L. thermae hot springs, fr. Gr. [?], pl. of [?] heat, fr. [?] hot, warm, [?] to warm, make hot; perhaps akin to L. formus warm, and E. forceps.] Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters. The thermal condition of the earth. --J. D. Forbes. {Thermal conductivity}, {Thermal spectrum}. See under {Conductivity}, and {Spectrum}. {Thermal unit} (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison or calculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly employed is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram or one pound of water from zero to one degree Centigrade. See {Calorie}, and under {Unit}.