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thermalise

thermalise is the alternative spelling of thermalize.

Meaning of thermalize

Verb

thermalize (third-person singular simple present thermalizes, present participle thermalizing, simple past and past participle thermalized)

  1. To lower the speed and kinetic energy of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor by use of a moderator, and thus increase the efficiency of fission

Forms of thermalise

third-person singular presentthermalises
present participlethermalising
past participlethermalised
pastthermalised

Origin of thermalise

From thermal + -ise.

Words formed from thermalise

Questions about thermalise

What is thermalise the alternative spelling of?
Thermalise is the alternative spelling of thermalize.

Words near thermalise in the dictionary

  1. thermalgia
  2. thermalgravimetric
  3. thermaling
  4. thermalisation
  5. thermalisations
  6. thermalise
  7. thermalised
  8. thermalises
  9. thermalising
  10. thermalism
  11. Thermalito

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thermalise (page history and authors); thermalize (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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