Webster's Dictionary 1913

2053

Thermic

Ther″mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.Thermic balance. See Bolometer. — Thermic fever(Med.), the condition of fever produced by suns...

2054

Thermidor

‖Ther′mi′dor″ (?), n. The eleventh month of the French republican calendar, — commencing July 19, and ending August 17. See the Note under Vendémiaire.

2055

Thermifugine

Ther‐mif″u‐gine (?), n. [Gr. � heat + L. fugere to flee.] (Chem.) An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, — whence its name.

2056

Thermo-

Ther″mo– (?). A combining form from Gr. θέρμηheat, θερμόσhot, warm; as in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.

2057

Thermoanæsthesia

{ Ther′mo‐an′æs‐the″si‐aor–an′es‐the″si‐a } (?), n.(Med.) Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch.

2058

Thermobarograph

Ther′mo‐bar″o‐graph (?), n.(Physics) An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.

2059

Thermobarometer

Ther′mo‐ba‐rom″e‐ter (?), n. [Thermo- + barometer.] (Physics) An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point of water.

2060

Thermobarometer (2)

Ther′mo‐ba‐rom″e‐ter, n. A siphon barometer adapted to be used also as a thermometer.

2061

Thermobattery

Ther′mo‐bat″ter‐y (?), n. [Thermo- + battery.] A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.

2062

Thermocautery

Ther′mo‐cau″ter‐y (?), n. [Thermo- + cautery.] (Surg.) Cautery by the application of heat.Paquelin's thermocautery, thermocautery by means of a hollow platinum point, which is k...

2063

Thermochemic

{ Ther′mo‐chem″ic (?), Ther′mo‐chem″ic‐al (?), } a.(Chem. Physics) Of or pertaining to thermochemistry; obtained by, or employed in, thermochemistry.

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Thermochemistry

Ther′mo‐chem″is‐try (?), n. [Thermo- + chemistry.] That branch of chemical science which includes the investigation of the various relations existing between chemical action and...

2065

Thermochroic

Ther′mo‐chro″ic (?), a. [Thermo- + Gr. �, �, color.] Pert. to or designating heat rays that have undergone selective absorption and are therefore analogous to colored light rays.

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Thermochrosy

Ther‐moch″ro‐sy (?), n. [Thermo- + Gr. � coloring.] (Physics) The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which...

2067

Thermocouple

Ther″mo‐cou′ple (?), n. A thermoelectric couple.

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Thermocurrent

Ther″mo‐cur′rent (?), n. [Thermo- + current.] (Physics) A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat.

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Thermocurrent (2)

Ther″mo‐cur′rent (?), n.(Physics) A current developed or set in motion by heat; specif., an electric current, in a heterogeneous circuit, due to differences of temperature betwe...

2070

Thermodin

Ther″mo‐din (?), n.(Pharm.) A white crystalline substance derived from urethane, used in medicine as an antipyretic, etc.

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Thermodynamic

Ther′mo‐dy‐nam″ic (?), a. [Thermo- + dynamic.] (Physics) Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat.Thermodynamic function. See Heat ...

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Thermodynamics

Ther′mo‐dy‐nam″ics (?), n. The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

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Thermoelectric

Ther′mo‐e‐lec″tric (?), a.(Physics) Pertaining to thermoelectricity; as, thermoelectric currents.

2074

Thermoelectric couple

{ Ther′mo‐e‐lec″tric coupleorpair } (?). (Elec.) A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar metals joined at their extremities, for producing a thermoelectric cur...

2075

Thermoelectricity

Ther′mo‐e′lec‐tric″i‐ty (?), n. [Thermo- + electricity: cf. F. thermoélectricité.] (Physics) Electricity developed in the action of heat. See the Note under Electricity.

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Thermoelectrometer

Ther′mo‐e′lec‐trom″e‐ter (?), n. [Thermo- + electrometer.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the strength of an electric current in the heat which it produces, or for determ...

2077

Thermogen

Ther″mo‐gen (?), n. [Thermo- + -gen.] (Old Chem.) Caloric; heat; regarded as a material but imponderable substance.

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Thermogenic

Ther′mo‐gen″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Relating to heat, or to the production of heat; producing heat; thermogenous; as, the thermogenic tissues.

2079

Thermogenous

Ther‐mog″e‐nous (?), a. [Thermo- + -genous.] (Physiol.) Producing heat; thermogenic.