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thermochromy

thermochromy noun: the property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

Noun

thermochromy (uncountable)

  1. The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

Origin of thermochromy

From thermo- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).

Questions about thermochromy

What does thermochromy mean?
Thermochromy means the property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.
What part of speech is thermochromy?
Thermochromy is a noun.

Words near thermochromy in the dictionary

  1. thermochrome
  2. thermochromes
  3. thermochromic
  4. thermochromic paper
  5. thermochromism
  6. thermochromy
  7. thermochron
  8. thermochronological
  9. thermochronologically
  10. thermochronologist
  11. thermochronology

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