different between thermal vs thermocompositional
thermal
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)
- Pertaining to heat or temperature.
- (fabric) Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
- Caused or brought about by heat.
- (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)
- (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)
- (stone) To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blow-torch.
- (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)
- thermal
Further reading
- “thermal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Adjective
thermal (not comparable)
- thermal
Related terms
- thermic
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thermocompositional
English
Alternative forms
- thermo-compositional
Etymology
thermo- +? compositional
Adjective
thermocompositional (not comparable)
- (physics) Describing systems (such as buoyancy) that results from both thermal and compositional (such as salinity) factors
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