thermal
(adjective) caused by or designed to retain heat; “a thermal burn”; “thermal underwear”
thermal
(adjective) of or relating to a hot spring; “thermal water”
thermal, thermic, caloric
(adjective) relating to or associated with heat; “thermal movements of molecules”; “thermal capacity”; “thermic energy”; “the caloric effect of sunlight”
thermal
(noun) rising current of warm air
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thermal (plural thermals)
(meteorology) A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of Earth's surface.
• thermal column
thermal (not comparable)
Pertaining to heat or temperature.
(fabric) Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
Caused or brought about by heat.
(stone) Having a rough finish by treatment with a blow-torch.
• aerothermal
• hydrothermal
thermal (third-person singular simple present thermals, present participle thermalling or thermaling, simple past and past participle thermalled or thermaled)
(stone) To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blow-torch.
(gliding, often in the present participle) To fly an unpowered aircraft in a (thermal) column of rising air.
Thermal
A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
Source: Wiktionary
Ther"mal, a. Etym: [L. thermae hot springs, fr. Gr. formus warm, and E. forceps.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters. The thermal condition of the earth. J. D. Forbes. Thermal conductivity, Thermal spectrum. See under Conductivity, and Spectrum.
– Thermal unit (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison or calculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly employed is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram or one pound of water from zero to one degree Centigrade. See Calorie, and under Unit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
