thermo-, therm-, thermi-, -thermia, -therm, -thermal, -thermic, -thermias, -thermies, -thermous, -thermy +
(Greek: heat, hot; warm)
The term heat is employed in ordinary language in different senses. Some scientists distinguish four principal applications of the term:
- Sensation of heat.
- Temperature, or degree of hotness.
- Quantity of thermal energy.
- Radiant heat, or energy of radiation.
homoiothermic, homoiotherm, homoiothermal, homoiothermy
A reference to animals that regulate their body temperatures independently of ambient temperature fluctuations; warm-blooded.
homotherm, homothermal, homothermism
1. The maintenance of a constant body temperature despite changes in the environmental temperature; also, homeotherm, homeothermal, et al.
2. Having a uniform temperature, which does not vary with that of its surroundings, as warm-blooded animals.
homothermic, homothermy
Any of the animals, including mammals and birds, that tend to maintain a constant body temperature.
hydromegathermia, hydromegatherm, hydromegathermy
1. A reference to organisms dwelling in tropical rain forests.
2. A plant that must have much moisture and heat to develop fully.
hydromegathermic
A reference to hydromegathermia.
hydrothermal, hydrothermia, hydrothermally
1. A reference to heated water, to its action, or to the products of such action.
2. Applied to the action of heated water in bringing about changes in the earth's crust.
3. A reference to hot water on or beneath the surface of the earth.
4. Relating to hot water, especially to naturally occurring hot water in thermal springs.
5. Relating to or caused by heated water; especially, the action of water heated by natural processes rather than by industrial activity.
hydrothermal fluids
Fluids which can be either water or steam trapped in fractured or porous rocks.
They are found from several hundred feet to several miles below the Earth's surface.
hydrothermal vent
1. A fissure in the sea bottom through which hot aqueous solutions rise from the magma beneath the crust.
2. A geyser on the sea bottom through which super-hot aqueous solutions rise from the magma beneath the earth's crust.
This creates a surrounding system of mineral-rich water which helps to support a distinctive type of ecosystem not found in typical cold-water environments at the same ocean depth.
hydrothermostat
A thermostat for regulating the temperature of water.
hydrothermotherapy
Hydrotherapy in which heated water is utilized as a treatment for physical ailments.
hygrothermal
Relating to moisture and heat.
hygrothermia, hygrothermally
A reference to moisture and heat.
hygrothermograph
1. An instrument that records the temperature and humidity of the air on a single chart.
2. A visual record of temperature and relative humidity readings taken over a period of several days.
hygrothermography
The recording of both temperature and humidity.
hygrothermometer
An instrument which measures both temperature and relative humidity.
Thermo Quiz #1 to check your thermo-word knowledge.
Thermo Quiz #2 to check more of your thermo-word knowledge.
Thermo Quiz #3 for additional thermo-words.
Related "heat, hot" word units:
ferv-;
pyreto-.
Related "bubble" word unit:
ebulli-.
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