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Thermic

Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic lines.

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Thermal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

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Thermal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

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Heat 66% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

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Caloric 92% connected

The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature,…

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Thermal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters.

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Angle noun · 78% connection

The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.

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Antiparallels n. pl. · 78% connection

Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

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Boltzmann distribution law noun · 78% connection

(physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

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Centrolinead noun · 78% connection

An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

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Coordinate noun · 78% connection

Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain…

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Copper noun · 78% connection

a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal t…

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Delineate verb · 78% connection

To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture…

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Delineation noun · 78% connection

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of…

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Diathermometer noun · 78% connection

An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat-conducting power of liquids.

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Engine noun · 78% connection

motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

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Engraving noun · 78% connection

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of pro…

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Entropy noun · 78% connection

A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remain…

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Fair superl. · 78% connection

Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and…

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Figure noun · 78% connection

A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all side…

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Fine adjective · 78% connection

To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.

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Force noun · 78% connection

Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, wh…

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Fraunhofer lines unknown · 78% connection

The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed…

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