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autothermic

autothermic adjective: exothermic to an extent that the generated heat sustains the reaction.

Adjective

autothermic (not comparable)

  1. (physical) exothermic to an extent that the generated heat sustains the reaction

Origin of autothermic

From auto- + thermic.

Questions about autothermic

What does autothermic mean?
Autothermic means exothermic to an extent that the generated heat sustains the reaction.
What part of speech is autothermic?
Autothermic is an adjective.

Words near autothermic in the dictionary

  1. autotheory
  2. autotherapeutic
  3. autotherapies
  4. autotherapy
  5. autothermal
  6. autothermic
  7. autothermy
  8. autothonous
  9. autothrottle
  10. autothrottles
  11. autothysis

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