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Thermochrosy
- - The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.
Thermocouple
- noun - 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
Thermogenous
- - Producing heat; thermogenic.
Thermographs
- noun - a thermometer that records temperature variations on a graph as a function of time
- medical instrument that uses an infrared camera to reveal temperature variations on the surface of the body
Thermography
- noun - diagnostic technique using a thermograph to record the heat produced by different parts of the body; used to study blood flow and to detect tumors
Thermolabile
- adjective - (chemistry, physics, biology) readily changed or destroyed by heat
Thermometers
- noun - measuring instrument for measuring temperature
Thermometric
- adjective - of or relating to thermometry; "helium gas was the thermometric fluid"
Thermophilic
- - Heat-loving; -- applied especially to microorganisms such as certain bacteria, fungi and algae, which grow best at temperatures above 40
Thermoscopic
- - Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.