| thermal resource | A facility that produces electricity by using a heat engine to power an electric generator. The heat may be supplied by the combustion of coal, oil, natural gas, biomass, or other fuels, including nuclear fission, solar, or geothermal resources. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| thermal sense | The ability to distinguish differences of temperature. Synonym: temperature sense, thermal sense, thermic sense, thermesthesia. Origin: thermo-+ G. Aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermal sensors | Sensors that detect tiny changes in heat or temperature. (14 Nov 1997) |
| thermal spectrum | The part of the invisible spectrum of wave length just longer than that of visible red light. Synonym: thermal spectrum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thermal velocity | <radiobiology> Average speed (magnitude of velocity) of a particle at a given temperature (in a Maxwellian velocity distribution). (09 Oct 1997) |
| artery of pulp | The first section of a penicillus of the spleen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| axial walls of the pulp chambers | The wall's parallel with the long axis of a tooth: the mesial, distal, buccal, and lingual wall's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radicular pulp | That part of the dental pulp contained within the apical or root portion of the tooth. Synonym: pulpa radicularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertebral pulp | The soft fibrocartilage central portion of the intervertebral disk; regarded as a derivative of the notochord. Synonym: gelatinous nucleus, nucleus gelatinosus, vertebral pulp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| red pulp | Splenic pulp seen grossly as a reddish brown substance, due to its abundance of red blood cells, consisting of splenic sinuses and the tissue intervening between them (splenic cords). (05 Mar 2000) |
| red pulp cords | The tissue occurring between the venous sinuses in the spleen. Synonym: Billroth's cords, red pulp cords. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vital pulp | A pulp composed of viable tissue, either normal or diseased, that responds to electric stimuli and to heat and cold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| white pulp | That part of the spleen that consists of nodules and other lymphatic concentrations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mummified pulp | A misnomer for a pulp treated with a formaldehyde derivative. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coronal pulp | That portion of the dental pulp contained within the pulp chamber or crown cavity of the tooth. Synonym: pulpa coronalis. (05 Mar 2000) |