noun Physics.
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
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therm-
variant of thermo- before a vowel: thermesthesia.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
-therm
variant of thermo- as final element in compound words: isotherm.
therm.
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| —n | |
| (Brit) a unit of heat equal to 100 000 British thermal units. One therm is equal to 1.055 056 × 108 joules | |
| [C19: from Greek thermē heat] | |
| thermo- or (before a vowel) therm- | |
| —combining form | |
| related to, caused by, or measuring heat: thermodynamics; thermophile | |
| [from Greek thermos hot, thermē heat] | |
| therm- or (before a vowel) therm- | |
| —combining form | |
| [from Greek thermos hot, thermē heat] | |
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Medical Dictionary
therm- pref.
Variant of thermo-.
-therm suff.
An organism having a specified kind of body temperature: exotherm.
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Science Dictionary
| thermo- or therm-
A prefix that means "heat," as in thermometer. |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| therm. thermometer |
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