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thermosteric

thermosteric adjective: pertaining to changes in climatic temperature.

Adjective

thermosteric (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to changes in climatic temperature.
    • Global estimates of heat content (0–750 m) and thermosteric height were completed by Willis et al. (2004) using in situ data alone and in combination with altimetric height.2010, John A. Church, Philip L. Woodworth, Thorkild Aarup, Understanding Sea-level Rise and Variability, →ISBN, page 150
    • Thermosteric and halosteric changes may be partly due to changes in the inflowing Atlantic water and also due to changes in surface heat fluxes within the Mediterranean basin.2012, Piero Lionello, The Climate of the Mediterranean Region, →ISBN, page 266

Origin of thermosteric

From thermo- + steric.

Questions about thermosteric

What does thermosteric mean?
Thermosteric means pertaining to changes in climatic temperature.
What part of speech is thermosteric?
Thermosteric is an adjective.

Words near thermosteric in the dictionary

  1. thermostatistic
  2. thermostatistical
  3. thermostatistics
  4. thermostats
  5. thermostatted
  6. thermosteric
  7. thermosterilize
  8. thermosterilized
  9. thermostimulation
  10. thermostirrer
  11. thermostirrers

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