| thermochroism | The selective action of certain substances on radiant heat, absorbing some of the rays, reflecting or transmitting others. Synonym: thermochroism. Origin: thermo-+ G. Chrosis, colouring (05 Mar 2000) |
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| thermochrose | The property possessed by heat rays of reflection, refraction, and absorption, similar to that of light rays. Synonym: thermochrosy. Origin: thermo-+ G. Chrosis, colouring (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermochrosis | The selective action of certain substances on radiant heat, absorbing some of the rays, reflecting or transmitting others. Synonym: thermochroism. Origin: thermo-+ G. Chrosis, colouring (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermochrosy | <physics> 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. Origin: Thermo- + Gr. Colouring. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermocline | Layer of water between the warmer surface zone and the colder deep zone of a thermally stratified body of water. In the thermocline, temperature and oxygen concentration drop precipitously with depth. (09 Oct 1997) |
| thermocoagulation | The process of converting tissue into a gel by heat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermococcaceae | A family of anaerobic thermococcales found in hot environments. There are two genera: pyrococcus and thermococcus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thermococcales | An order of strictly anaerobic, thermophilic archaea, in the kingdom euryarchaeota. Members exhibit heterotropic growth by sulfur respiration. There is a single family thermococcaceae. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thermococcus | A genus of extremely thermophilic heterotrophic archaea, in the family thermococcaceae, occurring in heated sea flows. They are anerobic chemoorganotropic sulfidogens. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thermocouple | A device for measuring slight changes in temperature, consisting of two wires of different metals, one wire being kept at a certain low temperature, the other in the tissue or other material whose temperature is to be measured; a thermoelectric current is set up which is measured by a potentiometer. Synonym: thermojunction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermocurrent | <physics> A current, as of electricity, developed, or set in motion, by the action of heat. Origin: Thermo- + current. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thermodiffusion | Diffusion of fluids, either gaseous or liquid, as influenced by the temperature of the fluid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermodilution | Measurement of blood flow based on induction at one point of the circulation of a known change in the intravascular heat content of flowing blood and detection of the resultant change in temperature at a point downstream. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thermoduric | Resistant to the effects of exposure to high temperature; used especially with reference to microorganisms. Origin: thermo-+ L. Durus, hard, enduring (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermodynamic | <physics> Relating to thermodynamics; caused or operated by force due to the application of heat. Thermodynamic function. See Heat weight, under Heat. Origin: Thermo- + dynamic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |