different between thermal vs thermae

English

Etymology

From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek ????? (thérm?, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??er- (“to heat, warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?l

Adjective

thermal (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to heat or temperature.
2. (fabric) Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
3. Caused or brought about by heat.
4. (stone) Having a rough finish by treatment with a blow-torch.

Hyponyms

• aerothermal
• hydrothermal

Derived terms

• thermally

Related terms

• therm
• thermo-

Translations

Noun

thermal (plural thermals)

1. (meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of Earth's surface.

Synonyms

• thermal column

Translations

Verb

thermal (third-person singular simple present thermals, present participle thermaling or thermalling, simple past and past participle thermaled or thermalled)

1. (stone) To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blow-torch.
2. (gliding, often in the present participle) To fly an unpowered aircraft in a (thermal) column of rising air.

Coordinate terms

• edge (creating a finish on stone)
• thermal edge (creating a finish on stone)
• gliding (fly an unpowered aircraft)

Further reading

• thermal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• thermal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.mal/

Adjective

thermal (feminine singular thermale, masculine plural thermaux, feminine plural thermales)

1. thermal

Further reading

• “thermal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Adjective

thermal (not comparable)

1. thermal

Related terms

• thermic

English

Etymology

Latin. See thermal.

Noun

thermae pl (plural only)

1. Springs or baths of warm or hot water.

Anagrams

• erathem, mathree, meather, methera

Latin

Noun

thermae

1. nominative plural of therma
2. genitive singular of therma
3. dative singular of therma
4. vocative plural of therma

References

• thermae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thermae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thermae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• thermae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thermae in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• thermae in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• thermae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin