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rethermalize

rethermalize verb: to reheat.

Verb

rethermalize (third-person singular simple present rethermalizes, present participle rethermalizing, simple past and past participle rethermalized)

  1. To reheat.
  2. To return to thermal equilibrium.
    • The difference in energies of the ions ionized in various parts of the electron beam will then rethermalize, resulting in an increased temperature.2001, John Gillaspy, Trapping Highly Charged Ions: Fundamentals and Applications, page 45

Forms of rethermalize

third-person singular presentrethermalizes
present participlerethermalizing
past participlerethermalized
pastrethermalized

Origin of rethermalize

From re- + thermalize.

Words formed from rethermalize

Questions about rethermalize

What does rethermalize mean?
Rethermalize means to reheat.
What part of speech is rethermalize?
Rethermalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of rethermalize?
The past tense of rethermalize is rethermalized.

Words near rethermalize in the dictionary

  1. Retherford
  2. Retherfords
  3. retherm
  4. rethermalization
  5. rethermalizations
  6. rethermalize
  7. rethermalized
  8. rethermalizes
  9. rethermalizing
  10. rethermed
  11. retherming

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