thermal

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to heat or temperature.
2. (not-comparable) Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
3. (not-comparable) Caused or brought about by heat.
4. (not-comparable) Having a rough finish from treatment with a blowtorch.

Noun

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

Verb

1. To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blowtorch.
2. To fly an unpowered aircraft in a thermal (column of rising air).

Conceptes

tèrmic

calòric

termal

calorífic

Sinònims

thermic

warm

☀️

caloric

heat

hot

🥵

calorific

th

thermo

interglacial period

febris

fever

🤒

interglacial stage

cordial

fervent

firepower

heated

interglacial

Traduccions

thermique

termico

termal

térmico

térmico

thermal

termal

thermisch

θερμικός

thermisch

termale

termal

θερμός

térmica

caldo

☀️

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈθɝməl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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