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exothermic

exothermic adjective: that releases energy in the form of heat.

Adjective

exothermic (comparative more exothermic, superlative most exothermic)

  1. That releases energy in the form of heat.
    • These can be differentiated on a thermal scan where an endothermic transition indicates enantiotropes and an exothermic transition indicates monotropes.2014, William J. Brock, Barbara Mounho, Lijie Fu, The Role of the Study Director in Nonclinical Studies, page 174
  2. That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.
  3. Of an animal: whose body temperature is regulated by external factors; cold-blooded.

Noun

exothermic (plural exothermics)

  1. A substance that releases heat energy.

exothermic meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Tagalog

exothermic in Tamil

வெப்ப உமிழ், வெப்பங்கக்குகின்ற, வெப்பம் உமிழ், வெப்பம் விடு

exothermic in Malayalam

releasing heat
താപമോചക tāpamōcaka

exothermic in Kannada

ಹೊರಕಾವಿನ, ಬಿಡುಕಾವಿನ

exothermic in Tagalog

releasing heat
luwas-initin
More languagesFewer languages
exothermic in Persian
گرماده garmâde
exothermic in Vietnamese
toả nhiệt

Synonyms of exothermic

Antonyms

Forms of exothermic

Adjective
comparativemore exothermic
superlativemost exothermic
Noun
pluralexothermics

Origin of exothermic

From French exothermique, from exo- (“outside”) + thermique (“of heat”), both ultimately from Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, exo- + -thermic.

Words formed from exothermic

Questions about exothermic

What does exothermic mean?
Exothermic means that releases energy in the form of heat.
What is exothermic in Tamil?
Exothermic in Tamil is வெப்ப உமிழ், வெப்பங்கக்குகின்ற, வெப்பம் உமிழ். See Exothermic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is exothermic?
Exothermic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near exothermic in the dictionary

  1. exothelia
  2. exothelium
  3. exotherm
  4. exothermal
  5. exothermally
  6. exothermic
  7. exothermically
  8. exothermicities
  9. exothermicity
  10. exothermics
  11. exothermous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exothermic (page history and authors); exothermic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exothermic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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