Therm
noun, Physics.
1.
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
1.
variant of thermo- before a vowel:
thermesthesia.
1.
variant of thermo- as final element in compound words:
isotherm.
1.
thermometer.
noun
1.
(Brit) a unit of heat equal to 100 000 British thermal units. One therm is equal to 1.055 056 × 108 joules
therm- pref.
Variant of thermo-.
-therm suff.
An organism having a specified kind of body temperature: exotherm.
therm.
thermometer
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