thermo-

a combining form meaning “heat,” “hot,” used in the formation of compound words: thermoplastic.

Origin of thermo-

<Greek, combining form of thermós hot, thérmē heat

Also therm-, -therm.

Words Nearby thermo-

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How to use thermo- in a sentence

It was also equally evident that the laws governing the new science of thermo-dynamics could be mathematically expressed.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. Thurston
This was the first great step toward the formation of a Science of thermo-dynamics.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. Thurston
It is excellent beyond praise, however, as a treatise on the thermo-dynamics of heat-engines.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. Thurston
There's no need for grandiose schemes of reactivating warheads in buried missile-centers, of loosing thermo-nucs upon the world.
This Crowded Earth | Robert Bloch
It is to him more than to any other, for instance, that is due the first steps in our knowledge of pyro-(or thermo-) electricity.
Catholic Churchmen in Science | James J. Walsh

British Dictionary definitions for thermo-

thermo-

combining form

related to, caused by, or measuring heat: thermodynamics; thermophile

Origin of thermo-

from Greek thermos hot, thermē heat

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Scientific definitions for thermo-

thermo-

A prefix that means heat, as in thermometer.

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