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athermanous

athermanous adjective: not transmitting heat.

Adjective

athermanous (not comparable)

  1. Not transmitting heat.
    • We see also why in an athermanous body an increase of thickness does not augment the radiation, —the reason being that, since it is already athermanous, this increase cannot possibly make it absorb more heat, and therefore cannot make it radiate more.1862, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, page 100
    • Substances which admit of radiation taking place through them are called Diathermanous. Those which do not allow heat to pass through them without becoming themselves hot are called Athermanous.[1871, James Clerk Maxwell, Theory of Heat, page 13

athermanous meaning in Tamil

athermanous in Tamil

வெப்பமூடுருவவிடாத

Antonyms of athermanous

Origin of athermanous

Ancient Greek privative + to heat: compare French athermane.

Questions about athermanous

What does athermanous mean?
Athermanous means not transmitting heat.
What is athermanous in Tamil?
Athermanous in Tamil is வெப்பமூடுருவவிடாத. See Athermanous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is athermanous?
Athermanous is an adjective.

Words near athermanous in the dictionary

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

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