thermal

ther·mal  (thûrml)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, using, producing, or caused by heat.

2. Intended or designed in such a way as to help retain body heat: thermal underwear.

n.

A rising current of warm air.

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thermal·ly adv.

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thermal

Adjective

1. of, caused by, or generating heat

2. hot or warm: thermal springs

3. (of garments) specially made so as to have exceptional heat- retaining qualities: thermal underwear

Noun

a column of rising air caused by uneven heating of the land surface, and used by gliders and birds to gain height

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thermal  (thûrml)

Adjective

Relating to heat.

Noun

A usually columnar mass of warm air that rises in the lower atmosphere because it is less dense than the air around it. Thermals form because the ground surface is heated unevenly by the Sun. The air usually rises until it is in equilibrium with the air surrounding it.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thermal - rising current of warm air           air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
Adj.	1.	thermal - relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" caloric, thermic nonthermal - not involving heat; "nonthermal luminescence"
	2.	thermal - of or relating to a hot spring; "thermal water"
	3.	thermal - caused by or designed to retain heat; "a thermal burn"; "thermal underwear" hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"

Translations

thermal [ˈθəːml] adj → termal

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thermal [ˈθəːml] adj → thermique;

thermal paper/printer → papier m/imprimante f thermique;

thermal underwear → sous-vêtements mpl en Thermolactyl®

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thermal [ˈθəːml] adj [springs] → Thermal-; [underwear, paper, printer] → Thermo-

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thermal [ˈθəːml] adj [currents, spring] → termale; [underwear, printer] → termico/a; [paper] → termosensibile

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thermal

adj thermal [əθəːməl]

of heat thermal springs (= natural springs of warm or hot water); thermal units. termies حَراري топлинен termální, tepelný termisk Thermal-..., Heiz-... θερμικός termal; térmico soojus-, kuumavee- گرمایی؛ حرارتی kuuma, lämpö- thermal; thermique שֶׁל חוֹם गर्मी सम्बन्धी termalan, topao termál panas (jarð-)hita-/varma- termale, termico 熱の 열의 šiluminis, šilumos, karštas termisks; karsts; siltuma- haba thermisch varme-, varm, termo- cieplny termal termal; termic термальный termálny, tepelný, horúci termalen; toploten termalan termisk, varm, värme- ที่เกี่ยวกับความร้อน termik, ısıyla ilgili 熱的 тепловий; термальний تھرمل، حرارت سے متعلق nhiệt, nóng 热的