Thesaurus: thermal

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1. a. Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.
2. adj. relating to or associated with heat
3. adj. of or relating to a hot spring
4. adj. caused by or designed to retain heat
5. n. rising current of warm air
6. Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters. The thermal condition of the earth. J. D. Forbes. Thermal conductivity, Thermal spectrum. See under Conductivity, and Spectrum. -- Thermal unit (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison or calculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly employed is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram or one pound of water from zero to one degree Centigrade. See Calorie, and under Unit.
7. Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit;thermal waters.The thermal condition of the earth. J. D. Forbes.Thermal conductivity, Thermal spectrum. See under Conductivity, andSpectrum.-- Thermal unit (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison orcalculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly employed isthe amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram orone pound of water from zero to one degree Centigrade. See Calorie,and under Unit.
8. j:100 n. rising current of warm air a. relating to or associated with heat a. of or relating to a hot spring s. caused by or designed to retain heat