thermion
— Noun
– English
~ an electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature
thermionic emission
— Noun
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~ the emission of electrons from very hot substances
thermionic current
— Noun
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~ an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission
thermionic
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to or characteristic of thermions; "thermionic cathode"
thermionics
— Noun
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~ the branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes)
thermistor
— Noun
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~ 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
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~ archaebacteria that thrive in strongly acidic environments at high temperatures
thermobaric bomb
— Noun
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~ a bomb that uses a fuel-air explosive; "a thermobaric bomb can create overpressures equal to an atomic bomb"
Thermobia
— Noun
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~ a genus of Lepismatidae
Thermobia domestica
— Noun
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~ lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces
thermocautery
— Noun
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~ cautery (destruction of tissue) by heat
thermochemistry
— Noun
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~ the branch of chemistry that studies the relation between chemical action and the amount of heat absorbed or generated
thermocoagulation
— Noun
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~ congealing tissue by heat (as by electric current)
thermocouple junction
— Noun
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~ a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference
thermocouple
— Noun
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~ a kind of thermometer consisting of two wires of different metals that are joined at both ends; one junction is at the temperature to be measured and the other is held at a fixed lower temperature; the current generated in the circuit is proportional to the temperature difference
thermodynamic
— Adjective
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~ of or concerned with thermodynamics; "the thermodynamic limit"
thermodynamical
— Adjective
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~ of or concerned with thermodynamics; "the thermodynamic limit"
thermodynamically
— Adverb
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~ with respect to thermodynamics; "this phenomenon is thermodynamically impossible"
thermodynamics
— Noun
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~ the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy