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thermosalience

thermosalience noun: the phenomenon in which certain crystals or crystalline solids suddenly change shape or jump when heated or cooled.

Noun

thermosalience (uncountable)

  1. The phenomenon in which certain crystals or crystalline solids suddenly change shape or jump when heated or cooled.

Origin of thermosalience

From thermo- + salience.

Questions about thermosalience

What does thermosalience mean?
Thermosalience means the phenomenon in which certain crystals or crystalline solids suddenly change shape or jump when heated or cooled.
What part of speech is thermosalience?
Thermosalience is a noun.

Words near thermosalience in the dictionary

  1. thermorheologically
  2. thermorheology
  3. thermorubin
  4. thermos
  5. thermos bomb
  6. thermosalience
  7. thermosalient
  8. thermosalinograph
  9. thermosalinographs
  10. thermosalinometer
  11. thermosalinometers

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