thermic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of thermic
Example Sentences
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Research shows the thermic effect of food is highest for protein-rich foods because our bodies need to use more energy to break down and digest proteins.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2023
“One of the big black box elements in all of this is the thermic effect of food,” Urlacher says, referring to how much energy a person burns in digesting food.
From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2023
Precautions were taken to protect two nearby thermic power plants in the vicinity, though they were not in immediate danger.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2021
Weiss says the snowman was first a commission of a German thermic power plant, year round.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2018
It appears," continued Bainbridge, on the following evening, "that Hili-li was subject to the recurrence about once in forty-seven years of a strange thermic phenomenon, the mean duration of which was about fifty hours.
From A Strange Discovery by Dake, Charles Romyn
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