thermoconform
thermoconform verb: to adopt the surrounding temperature.
Verb
thermoconform (third-person singular simple present thermoconforms, present participle thermoconforming, simple past and past participle thermoconformed)
- To adopt the surrounding temperature
- First, a reptile that thermoconforms while active (slope = 1) may still achieve a low variance in body temperature by restricting its activity to times and habitats with suitable microenvironments.1982, Carl Gans, F. Harvey Pough, Biology of the reptilia, volume 12
- They must either thermoconform to their environment, if their environmental temperature is relatively constant or if they can tolerate fluctuations in T_b, or use behavioral regulatory mechanisms to maintain a T_b that is somewhat independent of environmental temperature.2014, Encyclopedia of Ecology, →OCLC, page 189
Forms of thermoconform
| third-person singular present | thermoconforms |
|---|---|
| present participle | thermoconforming |
| past participle | thermoconformed |
| past | thermoconformed |
Origin of thermoconform
From thermo- + conform.
Questions about thermoconform
- What does thermoconform mean?
- Thermoconform means to adopt the surrounding temperature.
- What part of speech is thermoconform?
- Thermoconform is a verb.
- What is the past tense of thermoconform?
- The past tense of thermoconform is thermoconformed.
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