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geothermal

Or ge·o·ther·mic

[jee-oh-thur-muhl]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the internal heat of the earth.



geothermal

/ ˌdʒiːəʊˈθɜːməl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth

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geothermal

  1. Relating to the internal heat of the Earth. The water of hot springs and geysers is heated by geothermal sources.

  2. Geothermal energy is power generated from natural steam, hot water, hot rocks, or lava in the Earth's crust. In general, geothermal power is produced by pumping water into cracks in the Earth's crust and then conveying the heated water or steam back to the surface so that its heat can be extracted through a heat exchanger, or its pressure can be used to drive turbines.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of geothermal1

First recorded in 1870–75; geo- + thermal
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Example Sentences

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The Residential Clean Energy Credit includes a 30% tax credit for the total installation cost of wind turbines, geothermal heat pumps and solar panels, solar water heaters and solar battery storage.

For the first time in nearly a decade, federal officials on Tuesday auctioned off leases for new geothermal energy projects in California — and all 13 parcels offered received bids.

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"I believe the UK needs whatever indigenous energy it can get, be it wind, solar, geothermal."

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A series of more than 100 earthquakes has hit Northern California, shaking up the Geysers geothermal steam field in Sonoma and Lake counties.

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Other sources of power in L.A.’s portfolio include hydrogen, natural gas, biomass, geothermal, nuclear and coal, which the city aims to decommission by the end of this year.

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