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therm

UK/θɜːm/US/θɝm/

therm noun: a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in the context of natural gas.

Noun

therm (plural therms)

  1. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in the context of natural gas.

Verb

therm (third-person singular simple present therms, present participle therming, simple past and past participle thermed)

  1. A technique used by woodturners to simultaneously create multiple copies of spindles and table legs.

therm meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

therm in Tamil

தேம், வெப்ப அலகு

therm in Urdu

گرم حمام

therm in Malayalam

താപത്തിൻറെ ഉച്ചതമായ ഏകകം

Forms of therm

Noun
pluraltherms
Verb
third-person singular presenttherms
present participletherming
past participlethermed
pastthermed

Origin of therm

1920s, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “heat”). See also thermo-, -thermic, etc.

Probably from English Hermes or English Terminus, ancient Gods whose statues would often have decoration characteristic of thermed work around their bases.

Words formed from therm

Words that rhyme with therm

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Questions about therm

What does therm mean?
Therm means a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in the context of natural gas.
What is therm in Tamil?
Therm in Tamil is தேம், வெப்ப அலகு. See Therm meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is therm?
Therm can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce therm?
Therm is pronounced /θɜːm/ (UK).
What is the plural of therm?
The plural of therm is therms.

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  3. therizinosauroid
  4. therizinosauroids
  5. therizinosaurs
  6. therm
  7. therm-
  8. Therma
  9. thermae
  10. Thermaean
  11. Thermaean Gulf

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: therm (page history and authors); therm (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); therm (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); therm (Malayalam 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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