Nouns starting with T

• thermal resistor — Noun – English ～ a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit
• thermal reactor — Noun – English ～ a nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by neutrons that are slowed down by a moderator
• thermal printer — Noun – English ～ a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat
• thermal spring — Noun – English ～ a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above
• thermal barrier — Noun – English ～ a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
• thermal equilibrium — Noun – English ～ a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature
• thermal pollution — Noun – English ～ harm to lakes and rivers resulting from the release of excessive waste heat into them
• thermal — Noun – English ～ rising current of warm air
• thermalgesia — Noun – English ～ pain caused by heat
• thermel — Noun – English ～ a thermometer that uses thermoelectric current to measure temperature
• thermic fever — Noun – English ～ sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat
• thermidor — Noun – English ～ eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat
• thermion — Noun – English ～ an electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature
• thermionic emission — Noun – English ～ the emission of electrons from very hot substances
• thermionic current — Noun – English ～ an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
• thermionics — Noun – English ～ the branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes)
• thermistor — Noun – English ～ a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance varies as a function of temperature; can be used to compensate for temperature variation in other components of a circuit
• thermoacidophile — Noun – English ～ archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures
• thermobaric bomb — Noun – English ～ a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb"
• Thermobia — Noun – English ～ a genus of Lepismatidae

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