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athermous

athermous is the archaic form of athermanous.

Meaning of athermanous

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

Questions about athermous

What is athermous the archaic form of?
Athermous is the archaic form of athermanous.

Words near athermous in the dictionary

  1. athermancy
  2. athermanous
  3. athermic
  4. athermochroic
  5. athermotactic
  6. athermous
  7. athero-
  8. atheroablation
  9. atheroablative
  10. atherodegenerative
  11. atheroemboli

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