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superthermal

superthermal adjective: describing any particle or system whose energy is greater than that of its thermal component.

Adjective

superthermal (comparative more superthermal, superlative most superthermal)

  1. Describing any particle or system whose energy is greater than that of its thermal component

Forms of superthermal

comparativemore superthermal
superlativemost superthermal

Origin of superthermal

From super- + thermal.

Questions about superthermal

What does superthermal mean?
Superthermal means describing any particle or system whose energy is greater than that of its thermal component.
What part of speech is superthermal?
Superthermal is an adjective.

Words near superthermal in the dictionary

  1. superterrorist
  2. superterrorists
  3. supertetrahedra
  4. supertetrahedron
  5. supertherapeutic
  6. superthermal
  7. superthick
  8. superthin
  9. superthorough
  10. superthreshold
  11. superthriller

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