| thermotaxis | A directed motile response to temperature. The grex of Dictyostelium discoideum shows a positive thermotaxis. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| thermotherapy | Treatment of disease by therapeutic application of heat. Origin: thermo-+ G. Therapeia, treatment (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermotic | Relating to thermotics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermotics | Synonym: thermology. Origin: G. Thermotes, heat (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermotonometer | An instrument for measuring the degree of thermosystaltism, or muscular contraction under the influence of heat. Origin: thermo-+ G. Tonos, tone, tension, + metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermotropic | <botany> Manifesting thermotropism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermotropism | <botany> The phenomenon of turning towards a source of warmth, seen in the growing parts of some plants. Origin: Thermo- + Gr. To turn Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermotype | A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression. Origin: Thermo- + -type. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermovoltaic | <physics> Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action. Origin: Thermo- + voltaic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermus | Gram-negative aerobic rods found in warm water (40-79 degrees c) such as hot springs, hot water tanks, and thermally polluted rivers. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Thermus aquaticus carboxypeptidase | <enzyme> A zinc-dependent metallo-carboxypeptidase; has 511 amino acid residues; mw 56,210 da; genbank d17669 Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: carboxypeptidase taq, taq carboxypeptidase, cpase taq (26 Jun 1999) |
| Thermus aquaticus Rt41A proteinase | <enzyme> Inactive at low temperatures, active at 60 degrees c Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: thermus rt41a proteinase, rt41a proteinase (26 Jun 1999) |
| Thermus filiformis nuclease | <enzyme> A non-specific thermostable endonuclease that leaves 5'-phosphoryl products; preferred substrate is single-stranded DNA; can act on double-stranded DNA; mw 55 kD Registry number: EC 3.1.- Synonym: tf nuclease, nuc17 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| thermus thermophilus | A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in hot springs of neutral to alkaline pH, as well as in hot-water heaters. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thermal radiation |
Electromagnetic radiation emitted by all matter in thermal equilibrium as the result of the thermal excitation of its molecules.
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| thermistor |
A device with electrical resistance that varies markedly and monotonically and that possesses a negative temperature coefficient of resistivity. The thermistors commonly used in meteorology are composed of solid semiconducting materials with resistance that decreases 4% per
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| thermogram |
The record of a thermograph.
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| thermoscope |
An instrument that measures temperature changes, in contrast with a thermometer, which measures the absolute temperature. Middleton, WEK, 1969: Invention of the Meteorological Instruments, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, p. 44.
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| thermodynamics |
A collection of ideas and axioms, leading to differential equations specifying rates of change, that describes our experience with processes that involve fluxes of heat and changes in energy content. Thermodynamics introduces a new concept
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