thermal
/ˈθɜːməl/US/ˈθɝməl/
thermal adjective: pertaining to heat or temperature.
Adjective
thermal (not comparable)
- Pertaining to heat or temperature.
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200
- Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
- Caused or brought about by heat.
- Having a rough finish from treatment with a blowtorch.
Noun
thermal (plural thermals)
- A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.
- The hawk had mounted its thermal by the time he got to the yard, flapping its wings violently against the updraft.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 91
- FLIR.
- thermocline.
Verb
thermal (third-person singular simple present thermals, present participle (US) thermaling or (UK) thermalling, simple past and past participle (US) thermaled or (UK) thermalled)
Proper noun capitalized: Thermal
Thermal
thermal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
thermal in Hindi
- तापीय, थर्मल, ऊष्मीय
thermal in Tamil
- வெப்பஞ் சார்ந்த, வெப்ப, வெப்பத்திற்குரிய, வெப்பம் சார்ந்த, வெப்பத்துக்குரிய
thermal in Marathi
- pertaining to heat or temperature
- औष्णिक auṣṇik
thermal in Urdu
- گرم
More languagesFewer languages
- thermal in Bengali
- তপ্ত, উষ্ণ
- thermal in Telugu
- థర్మల్, థర్మలింగ్, థర్మాలింగ్
- thermal in Malayalam
- തെർമൽ, തെർമലിങ്, തെർമലിംഗ്
- thermal in Kannada
- ಶಾಖದ, ಉಷ್ಣದ, ಕಾವಿನ, ಬಿಸುಪಿನ
- thermal in Punjabi
- ਥਰਮਲਿੰਗ, ਥਰਮਾਲਿੰਗ, ਥਰਮੀਲਿੰਗ
- thermal in Gujarati
- થર્મલ, તાપીય, થર્મેલિંગ
- thermal in Odia
- ତାପୀଯ଼, ଥର୍ମାଲ, ଥର୍ମାଲିଂ
- thermal in Nepali
- तापीय, थर्मल, थर्मेलिङ
- thermal in Malay
- terma
- thermal in Indonesian
- termal, termis
Examples of thermal in a sentence
- What's the thermal profile on that thing?
- Thermal comfort measures a person's satisfaction with their thermal environment - how hot or cold they feel.
- A combination of meteorological tools and surveys are used to measure thermal comfort.
Synonyms of thermal
- thermal column
Forms of thermal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thermals |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | thermals |
| present participle US | thermaling |
| present participle UK | thermalling |
| past participle US | thermaled |
| past US | thermaled |
| past participle UK | thermalled |
| past UK | thermalled |
Origin of thermal
From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”).
Words formed from thermal
- accumulated thermal unit
- allothermal
- anisothermal
- athermal
- autothermal
- biothermal
- bithermal
- British thermal unit
- carbothermal
- chronothermal
- coefficient of thermal expansion
- cryothermal
- dendrothermal
- diathermal
- differential thermal analysis
- dynamothermal
- electrothermal
- endothermal
- epithermal
- eurythermal
- exothermal
- geothermal
- gravithermal
- gravothermal
- gyrothermal
- haematothermal
- hematothermal
- heterothermal
- homeothermal
- homothermal
- hyperthermal
- hypothermal
- isothermal
- macrothermal
- magnetothermal
- mechanothermal
- megathermal
- mesothermal
- microthermal
- mucothermal
- multithermal
- nanothermal
- non-thermal
- nonthermal
- nuclear-thermal rocket
- optothermal
- oxythermal
- photothermal
- pluviothermal
- poikilothermal
- polythermal
- prethermal
- pseudothermal
- radiothermal
- recuperative thermal oxidizer
- regenerative thermal oxidizer
- solar thermal collector
- stenothermal
- subthermal
- superthermal
Phrases with thermal
- thermal gel
- thermal coal
- thermal gels
- thermal mass
- thermal unit
- thermal break
- thermal lance
- thermal noise
- thermal paper
- thermal paste
- thermal breaks
- thermal camera
59 more phrasesFewer phrases
- thermal credit
- thermal cycler
- thermal energy
- thermal grease
- thermal lances
- thermal masses
- thermal papers
- thermal pastes
- thermal rocket
- thermal spring
- thermal cameras
- thermal comfort
- thermal contact
- thermal credits
- thermal cyclers
- thermal greases
- thermal imaging
- thermal neutron
- thermal printer
- thermal rockets
- thermal springs
- thermal analyses
- thermal analysis
- thermal comforts
- thermal compound
- thermal energies
- thermal neutrons
- thermal oxidizer
- thermal printers
- thermal compounds
- thermal oxidizers
- thermal radiation
- thermal sensation
- thermal underwear
- thermal death time
- thermal desorption
- thermal horsepower
- thermal sensations
- thermal turbulence
- thermal conductance
- thermal death times
- thermal horsepowers
- thermal lithosphere
- thermal turbulences
- thermal conductances
- thermal conductivity
- thermal design power
- thermal lithospheres
- British thermal units
- thermal conductivities
- thermal relaxation time
- solar thermal collectors
- thermal relaxation times
- accumulated thermal units
- thermal dissipation power
- differential thermal analyses
- recuperative thermal oxidizers
- regenerative thermal oxidizers
- coefficients of thermal expansion
Words that rhyme with thermal
Questions about thermal
- What does thermal mean?
- Thermal means pertaining to heat or temperature.
- What is thermal in Hindi?
- Thermal in Hindi is तापीय, थर्मल, ऊष्मीय. See Thermal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thermal?
- Thermal can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thermal?
- Thermal is pronounced /ˈθɜːməl/ (UK).
Words near thermal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thermal (page history and authors); Thermal (page history and authors); thermal (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thermal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thermal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thermal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermal (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); thermal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thermal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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