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athermancy

athermancy noun: inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat; the quality of being a good insulator.

Noun

athermancy (uncountable)

  1. Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat; the quality of being a good insulator.
    • In fact the very experiments devised to show conductivity proved in a very striking manner the existence of athermancy, or opacity to radiant heat, in the case of a considerable number of gases.1862, John Tyndall, "Further Researches on the Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gaseous Matter", Philosophical Transactions, in Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat...

athermancy meaning in Tamil

athermancy in Tamil

வெப்பம் செலுத்தாமை

Origin of athermancy

See athermanous.

Questions about athermancy

What does athermancy mean?
Athermancy means inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat; the quality of being a good insulator.
What is athermancy in Tamil?
Athermancy in Tamil is வெப்பம் செலுத்தாமை. See Athermancy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is athermancy?
Athermancy is a noun.

Words near athermancy in the dictionary

  1. atherinomorphs
  2. atherinopsid
  3. atherinopsids
  4. athermal
  5. athermality
  6. athermancy
  7. athermanous
  8. athermic
  9. athermochroic
  10. athermotactic
  11. athermous

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