Definitions
caused by or designed to retain heat
Word origin
From French thermal, from New Latin *thermalis, from Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē, “heat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“to heat, warm”).
Used in a sentence
“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.”
“The hawk had mounted its thermal by the time he got to the yard, flapping its wings violently against the updraft.”
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01“Heat-related”7 letters
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