thermal

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to heat or temperature.
2. Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
3. Caused or brought about by heat.
4. 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).

Synonyms

thermic

warm

☀️

caloric

heat

hot

🥵

calorific

th

thermo

interglacial period

febris

fever

🤒

interglacial stage

cordial

fervent

firepower

heated

interglacial

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθɝməl/

Etymology

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