athermanous

British

/ æˈθɜːmənəs /

adjective

capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation

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It has been shown that rock-salt is extremely opaque or athermanous to the radiations from a piece of heated rock-salt.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

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