Meaning

3 senses
  1. A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.

    Thermik

    rising current of warm air

  2. FLIR.

  3. Thermocline.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. These thermal socks will keep your feet warm.

    ruЭти термальные носки сохранят ваши ноги в тепле. — marafon

  2. The helmets are equipped with portable thermal scanners.

  3. The men can visit the thermal baths after noon.

  4. The atomic reactor generates enormous amounts of thermal energy.

    deDer Atomreaktor produziert eine Menge Wärmeenergie. — Yorwba

  5. Air provides considerable thermal insulation when trapped in a chamber.

Translations

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By meaning 1
column of rising air:

Origin

From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”),

From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”).

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Forms

plural: thermals
Singularthermal
Pluralthermals

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
thermal column

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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