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a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + qermai`nein to heat, qe`rma heat: cf. F. athermane. ] (Chem.) Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Burgomaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; thoroughly warm; dia` through + &unr_; warm, hot. Cf. Diathermous. ] Freely permeable by radiant heat.

{ } n. [ See Diathermanous. ] The property of transmitting radiant heat; the quality of being diathermous. Melloni. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to warm through; dia` through + &unr_; to warm, &unr_; warm. ] Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; -- opposed to athermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fishermen 1. One whose occupation is to catch fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) Same as Hematotherma. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Warm-blooded; homoiothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Warm-blooded; hematothermal. [ R ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + thermo`s warm. ] (Zool.) The warm-blooded vertebrates, comprising the mammals and birds; -- the antithesis to hematocrya. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Warm-blooded. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Hermae [ L. ] See Hermes, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hermaphrodism. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hermaphrodisme. ] (Biol.) See Hermaphroditism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hermaphroditus, Gr. &unr_;, so called from the mythical story that Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes and Aphrodite, when bathing, became joined in one body with Salmacis, the nymph of a fountain in Caria: cf. F. hermaphrodite. ] (Biol.) An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. Totten.

{ } a. 1. (Biol.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal; characterized by hermaphroditism. Opposite of dioecious. [ wns=1 ]-- Her*maph`ro*dit"ic*al*ly, adv.
Syn. -- monoecious, monecious, hermaphrodite. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2. Specifically: (Botany) having pistils and stamens in the same flower. Opposite of diclinous. [wns=2]
Syn. -- monoclinous. [WordNet 1.5]

n. (Biol.) The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

adj. (Biol.) having constant and relatively high body temperature; warm-blooded; same as homoiothermal; -- of birds and mammals. Contrasted to poikilothermal.
Syn. -- homoiothermic, homoiothermal, homothermic, homothermal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. See Homoiothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; like + E. thermal. ] (Physiol.) Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually above the ambient temperature; hæmatothermal; homothermic; warm-blooded; -- applied to warm-bodied animals such as birds and mammals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.
Syn. -- homeothermal, homeothermic, homothermal, homothermic, homoiothermic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 1 + thermal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. of, pertaining to, or using the hot waters or steam found at special locations within the earth's crust; as, hydrothermal power generation. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, having the nature of, or marking, isogeotherms; as, an isogeothermal line or surface; as isogeothermal chart. -- n. An isogeotherm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. isotherme. ] (a) Relating to equality of temperature, or an isotherm. (b) (Phys. Geog.) Having reference to the geographical distribution of temperature, as exhibited by means of isotherms; as, an isothermal line; an isothermal chart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isothermal line. (a) An isotherm. (b) A line drawn on a diagram of energy such that its ordinates represent the pressures of a substance corresponding to various volumes, while the absolute temperature is maintained at a constant value. --
Isothermal zones, spaces on opposite sides of the equator having the same mean temperature, and bounded by corresponding isothermal lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. poiki`los changeable + E. thermal, thermic. ] (Physiol.) Having a varying body temperature. See Homoiothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. syn- + thermal. ] Having the same degree of heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. See Thermal. ] Springs or baths of warm or hot water. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. thermae hot springs, fr. Gr. &unr_;, pl. of &unr_; heat, fr. &unr_; hot, warm, &unr_; to warm, make hot; perhaps akin to L. formus warm, and E. forceps. ] 1. Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

The thermal condition of the earth. J. D. Forbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. caused by or affected by heat; as, thermal springs. [ PJC ]

3. designed to retain heat; as, thermal underwear. [ PJC ]

Thermal conductivity,
Thermal spectrum. See under Conductivity, and Spectrum. --
Thermal unit (Physics), a unit chosen for the comparison or calculation of quantities of heat. The unit most commonly employed is the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram or one pound of water from zero to one degree Centigrade. See Calorie, and under Unit. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a thermal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + E. antidote. ] A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [ India ]

Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]