thermo-comb. form

1890 Jrnl. Soc. Chem. Industry 9 113 The heat evolved by mixing the oil with sulphuric acid is determined by means of the..apparatus named by the author [F. Jean in J. Pharm. Chim. (1889) XX. 337] ‘Thermeleometer’.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Thermoæsthesia.

1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II Thermo-anæsthesia.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 47 There was complete thermo-anæsthesia below the second rib.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 185 Thermo-aqueous, produced by, or related to, the action of heated waters.

1891 Cent. Dict. Thermobarograph.

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thermobarometer, a barometric instrument graduated for giving altitudes by the boiling point of water.

1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 761 Thermobarometer... Applied by Belloni to a syphon-barometer having its two wide legs united by a narrow tube, so that it could be used either in its ordinary position as a barometer, or in the reversed position as a thermometer.

1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 427 In order to effect the decomposition of water, Mr. Watkins employs a massive thermo-battery, with pairs of bismuth and antimony.

1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. Thermo-calcite.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Thermo-call.

1902 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. Thermo Call, (a) An electric alarm or call bell operated by thermo-electric currents... (b) See Thermo-electric Call.

1879 T. Bryant Man. Pract. Surg. (ed. 3) II. xvii. 6 The galvano-caustic or thermo-cautery is..superior to any.

1907 Daily News 13 Nov. 11/1 The adoption of this method of telephony was made possible by the invention of a thermo-cell for use in the receiving circuit.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Thermochaotic.

1898 Nat. Sci. May 297 As regards the production of the Thermocline, Prof. Birge believes that, in Lake Mendota at least, it is due to the concurrence of gentle winds and hot weather.

1902 Nature 6 Nov. 16/1 Throughout the circulating water above the thermocline, oxygen was abundant, but carbonic acid was absent... Just below the thermocline both gases were present.

1955 Sci. News Let. 2 Apr. 217/1 Investigations off the coast of California showed that skin divers can spot thermoclines, the layers of water which mark the sharp change in water temperature, in three different ways.

1973 Sci. Amer. Feb. 42/3 The coastal waters of Nova Scotia are characterized by a marked thermocline (a sharp drop in temperature as the depth increases), so that a free-swimming fish might encounter a wide range of water temperature.

1973 P. A. Colinvaux Introd. Ecol. xxxiii. 470 The animals have to feed in the warm surface waters..but they go down to cold water below the thermo~cline in daytime.

1933 J. G. Dusser de Barenne in Science 2 June 547/1 This method of laminar thermo~coagulation of the cerebral cortex, as it might be called, results..in a sharply localized, selective destruction of the nervous elements.

1974 Nature 4 Jan. 58/2 The destruction of the area postrema was performed by sight through the occipital foramen by thermocoagulation.

1938 Yale Jrnl. Biol. & Med. 10 575 The thermocoagulated layers are completely ‘resorbed’ within four months.

1976 Nature 22 Apr. 660/2 The thermocoagulative lesions were aimed at various limbic tracts, and each estimated at 6 mm in diameter.

1965 Wireless World July 337/2 Typically this is done by thermo-compression bonding of extremely thin gold or aluminium wires to the electrodes and terminal posts.

1972 Physics Bull. Mar. 154/1 Circuits can now be made with..active components subsequently soldered or thermocompression bonded to the microstrip.

1979 A. L. Lydersen Fluid Flow & Heat Transfer xi. 323 The waste heat is often available at a temperature which is too low for direct use in the process. However, it may be utilized in conjunction with thermocompression.

1929 J. C. Bose Growth 40 A Thermocrescent Curve was thus obtained, the ordinate representing increment of growth, and the abscissa the time as well as the rise of temperature.

1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 428 Dr. Andrews..succeeded in obtaining chemical decompositions, by this peculiar thermo-current.

a1859 G. Wilson Religio Chemici (1862) 16 A sleeper in a confined chamber could gain nothing from the winds, or thermo-currents, or the far-off sea.

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thermo-diffusion, diffusion (of gas) by inequalities of temperature.

1927 Techn. Bull. N.Y. State Agric. Exper. Station No. 130. 6 Thermoduric spore-forming bacteria are common types in pasteurized, sterilized, and boiled milk.

1946 Nature 23 Nov. 755/1 Working with suspensions of Staph. aureus, thermoduric micrococci, and spores of B. subtilis, we found that..solutions [of hypochlorite] of low pH were more germicidal than at higher pH.

1975 J. R. Campbell & R. T. Marshall Sci. of providing Milk for Man xxiii. 501 Bacteria that survive specific heat treatments are usually said to be thermoduric (heat-tolerant).

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Thermodynamometer.

1903 Science Abstracts VI. 130 To represent the thermo-elastic properties of gases, liquids, and solids as the statical properties of monocyclic systems.

1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Clarke's..Thermo-Electrometer,..an instrument which professes to ascertain the deflagrating, or heating power of an electric current.

1849 H. M. Noad Lect. Electr. (ed. 3) 247 The instrument employed was a Harris's thermo-electrometer.

1890 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 5th Ser. 29 146 Thermoelectromotive forces are..expressed in terms of a fixed standard, the torsional rigidity of the platinum wire.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Thermo-electroscope.

1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. Thermo-element.

1891 Cent. Dict. Thermo-excitory.

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thermo-excitory, having the function of exciting the production of heat.

1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. 118 A thermo-expansive material.

1903 Science 27 Feb. 333 A study of the thermo-focal changes in long focus lenses.

1972 Sci. Amer. Aug. 9 (advt.) By helping the thermoformer with mold modifications and adjustments to equipment and operating conditions which enabled him to produce high quality parts economically.

1978 Detroit Free Press 5 Mar. c–14/7 (advt.) Machinist assembler, parts and stock man, and a thermo-former.

1958 Times Rev. Industry Aug. 57/2 Machine..for thermoforming..industrial parts.

1963 H. R. Simonds & J. M. Church Conc. Guide Plastics (ed. 2) vii. 182 There are seven basic techniques for the thermo~forming of plastics sheet.

1972 Sci. Amer. Aug. 9 (advt.) By supplying the sheet extruder with a high molecular weight Marlex thermoforming resin ideally suited for the production of large thick sheet.

1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. b–19 (advt.) We are seeking manager for our model-making dept. in thermoforming.

1867 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 401/2 Special galvanometers..in which the coil wire is short..and thick..are called thermo-galvanometers.

1902 T. O'C. Sloane Standard Electr. Dict. App. Thermo-Galvanometer, a galvanometer whose needle is suspended in a special form of thermo-electric couple..used to measure small amounts of radiant energy.

1910 Practitioner July 135 The Thermo-Generator provides..a means by which electricity generated by the liberation of the elements of certain metals can be utilised.

1927 Times 6 July 21/5 A thermo-generator for use with wireless receiving sets.

1895 C. L. Madsen (title) Thermo-geographical Studies: General Exposition of the Analytical Method applied to Researches on Temperature and Climate.

1897 C. L. Madsen Thermo-geogr. Stud. Advt. Articles on the subject of Thermo-Geography will be most thankfully received.

1942 H. U. Sverdrup et al. Oceans xiii. 509 When examining the circulation [of the waters of the oceans] that arises because of the external factors influencing the density of the surface waters, one must take changes of both temperature and salinity into account, and must consider not the thermal but the thermohaline circulation.

1963 G. L. Pickard Descriptive Physical Oceanogr. vii. 107 The ocean circulation can be divided into two parts, the thermohaline and the wind-driven components.

1978 Nature 13 July 151/1 The observed distribution patterns of late Quaternary sapropels favour the hypothesis of periodically altered basin-wide thermohaline circulation entrained by regionally important climatic and eustatic changes.

1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 135 When a basin is permanently stagnant, the redox discontinuity may rise to the level of the thermo-halocline, as is well known in the Black Sea.

1976 Nature 2 Sept. 23/1 Mechanism and rate of molecular exchange across a well developed thermo~halocline have been studied thoroughly.

1949 R. J. W. Reynolds in J. M. Preston Fibre Science xvii. 318 The final products may be thermo-hardened by a suitable cross-linking treatment.

1933 Archit. Rev. 73 266/1 The elaborate laboratory researches into the nature of thermo-plastic and thermo-hardening materials.

1961 J. N. Anderson Appl. Dental Materials (ed. 2) xxi. 220 The Bakelite type of resin is called thermohardening or thermoset as..heat is applied to cure the resin.

1881 Peale in 12th Rep. U.S. Geol. & Geog. Surv. II. (1883) 355 Thermo-hydrology.

1884 Athenæum 16 Aug. 211/2 The chapters on ‘Thermo-hydrology’ give evidences of a thoroughly scientific observer.

1894 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 41 43 Mr. W. E. Hales exhibited Fletcher's Thermo-hydrometer.

1901 Pop. Sc. Monthly Dec. 186 An interesting figure shows the ‘thermo-isopleths’ for Berlin, these lines indicating, in one drawing, both the diurnal and the annual march of the air temperature.

1889 London, Edinb., & Dublin Philos. Mag. 5th Ser. 28 213 If the heat generated were immediately communicated to the thermo-junction.

1903 Times 10 Sept. 10/4 A number of thermo-junctions of the platinum metals for use up to the highest temperatures have also been studied.

1943 S. W. Muller Permafrost 84 Phenomena of thermokarst. a. Cave-in lakes. b. Settling lakes. c. Cave-in and settling funnels.

1970 Globe Mag. (Toronto) 17 Jan. 4/3 Even south of the Alaska Range there is much permafrost within the forested areas which will create further problems of heat loss, permafrost melt and thermokarst development.

1871 J. C. Maxwell Theory of Heat Introd. 9 The theory of the equilibrium of heat might be called Thermostatics, and that of the motion of heat Thermokinematics.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thermolamp, an instrument for furnishing light by means of inflammable gas. Med. Repos.

1903 Chem. News 88 223/2 Production of Thermo-luminosity.

1904 Knowledge Apr. 72/1 Those varieties of Fluorite..which possess..the property of ‘thermo-luminosity’, that is to say, of spontaneously emitting light when heated.

1965 H. Matsubara et al. in Biochem. & Biophysical Res. Communications XXI. 242 A proteolytic enzyme with the commercial name ‘Thermoase’ was isolated by Endo..from cultures of Bac. thermoproteolyticus Rokko... It was recently reported that the enzyme had a strong elastase-like activity... We propose the trivial name thermolysin for this enzyme.

1979 Nature 22 Feb. 667/1 The determination of the three-dimensional structure of the thermostable protease thermolysin showed that heat-stable proteins do not contain unusual structural features absent from less stable proteins.

1823 T. S. Triall in Ann. Philos. New Ser. 6 449 Having been lately engaged in some thermomagnetic experiments.

1954 Jrnl. Geomagnetism & Geoelectricity 6 6 This simple apparatus could be used for the study of the thermomagnetic analysis of ferromagnetic mineral with a fair accuracy.

1828 F. Watkins Pop. Sketch Electro-magn. 22 Experiments in thermo-magnetism teach us that magnetical phænomena will arise from a disturbance in the equilibrium of temperature of metals.

1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Thermo-magnetism, the same as Thermo-electricity.

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1883 Athenæum 9 June 736/1 The use of a thermo-manometer, which would indicate whether the vapour pressure is below that to be expected from the temperature of the water.

1889 Harker in Geol. Mag. VI. 17 The interpolation of thermo-metamorphic rocks.

1889 Harker in Geol. Mag. VI. 16 High temperature and low pressure (thermo-metamorphism).

1936 J. B. Hill et al. Bot. ix. 228 The rapid opening of certain flowers when brought into a warm room from a cold place is a thermonasty.

1951 M. Abercrombie et al. Dict. Biol. 150 Nastic movements are classified according to nature of stimulus, e.g. photonasty, response to alteration in light intensity, thermonasty, response to alteration in heat intensity, seismonasty, response to shock.

1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 365 Many flowers..open or close according to the temperature. Such a phenomenon is referred to as thermonasty.

1936 L. J. F. Brimble Intermediate Bot. xx. 294 Examples of thermonastic movements are seen in the flowers of the crocus and tulip.

1976 P. Bell & D. Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 365 Repeated thermonastic curvatures may cause an increase in length.

1846 C. V. Walker in J. Joyce Sci. Dialogues (rev. ed.) 424 Delicate thermo-pairs have been used to obtain the temperature of the human body.

1891 Cent. Dict. Thermopalpation.

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thermo-palpation, palpation of the surface of the body, with a view of determining local or general variations of temperature.

1941 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 4 Feb. 14/2 Thermopane. For multiple glass sheet glazing units... Claims use since May 1, 1931.

1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. 42/8 (advt.) Large brick and cut stone bungalow..2 fireplaces, drapes, thermopane windows etc.

1974 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 9 Feb. 15/1 Modernisation of the whole interior of the present building, including modern heating, thermopane, air-conditioning and elevator service.

1978 N.Y. Times 29 Mar. b8/1 (advt.) Builder's custom built 72′ hi ranch, 2 acs, circ driveway, thermopane windows.

1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. Thermo-pegology.

1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. Thermophagy.

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thermophagy, the habit of swallowing very hot food.

1900 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 May 1105 To sterilise this instrument [i.e. a catheter]..with a small pocket thermophore.

1901 Lancet 9 Nov. 1297/2 The introduction of a ring-shaped thermophore.

1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 465 Thermophyllite.

1962 A. L. King (title) Thermophysics.

1966 G. B. Heller Thermophysics & Temperature Control of Spacecraft p. xi The modern field of thermophysics rests on some of the oldest branches of physics, namely, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and electromagnetic radiation.

1957 N.Y. Times 25 Aug. iv. 9/3 Perdue University has established a thermophysical properties research center.

1976 Physics Bull. Dec. 561/3 The symposium is concerned with both theoretical and experimental aspects of thermophysical properties of all matter in solid, liquid, gaseous and plasma states.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Thermo~plegia.

1963 Canad. Jrnl. Physics 41 1080 The thermopower of the special copper was measured carefully at the low-temperature end.

1976 Physics Bull. June 248/2 In figure 4 are plotted the conductivity and thermopower of the magnesium~bismuth alloy as a function of composition.

1876 Catal. Special Loan Coll. Sci. Apparatus S. Kensington Mus. §1056 Thermo-radiometer, [an instrument] for measuring losses of heat by radiation from walls of furnaces, sides of steam boilers, etc.

1951 Proc. Japanese Acad. XXVII. 643 The remanent magnetism thus produced has been called the thermo-remanent magnetism.

1958 Antiquity 32 124 Measurement of the thermoremanent magnetism in the clay.

1971 Physics Bull. Aug. 476/3 Half the papers..were concerned with the analysis of contact printing processes, both the anhysteretic transfer method with γ Fe₂O₃ slave tapes and the thermoremanent method with chromium dioxide tapes.

1975 Nature 27 Feb. 701/2 Stable remanent magnetisation discovered in lava samples collected during the Apollo 11 mission has been interpreted as thermoremanent magnetisation acquired when the lava flows cooled through the Curie point 3·6 Gyr ago.

1938 J. G. Koenigsberger in Terrestr. Magnetism & Atmospheric Electr. XLIII. 120 The full apparent remanence acquired by cooling in a given field from Tc..may be denoted the thermoremanence.

1967 Nature 28 Oct. 359/2 The mean directions [of magnetization]..are..fairly well grouped, and are believed to represent the direction of thermo~remanence acquired when the rocks cooled.

1918 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. 25 279 The animal is thermosensitive.

1952 Archit. Rev. 111 278/3 Suitable safety devices operated by a thermosensitive bi-metal strip are fitted.

1978 Nature 2 Feb. 470/1 Our results indicate that temperature control of reproduction in an ectothermic thermosensitive species may also be mediated in part by circadian systems.

1918 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. 25 281 This method..demonstrated the thermosensitivity of the species, because the animals gave an ejection reflex when brought into a region of higher temperature.

1981 Pflügers Archiv: European Jrnl. Physiol. 391 66/2 It turns out that in the goose a minor fraction only of total body thermo~sensitivity can be attributed to the spinal cord.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Thermo~systaltic.

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thermosystaltic, muscular contraction due to heat.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thermo-tank.

1920 Lancet 25 Sept. 666/2 Eight thermo-tanks.

1928 Observer 15 July 9/4 A new Thermo-Tank heating system.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 893/1 Thermo-telephone.

1891 Cent. Dict. at Thermotensile Elaborate thermotensile experiments on iron and steel, especially with reference to boiler-iron.

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Thermotension.

1860 E. Wilson (title) Thermo-therapeia: the heat cure.

1860 E. Wilson Thermo-therapeia 3 Thermo-therapeia is the application of atmospheric air at a high temperature to the surface of the body, for the relief of pain and disease.

1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Thermotherapy.

1902 W. Winternitz (title) Hydrotherapy, Thermotherapy, Heliotherapy, and Phototherapy.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 846/1 Thermotolerant, able to endure high temperatures, but not growing well under such conditions.

1964 Cooney & Emerson Thermophilic Fungi 161 [Fungi] which may grow at or near 50°C but which also grow well at temperatures below 20°C, are considered thermotolerant and are excluded from the true thermophilic fungi.

1973 Nature 16 Mar. 203/2 Many species of thermophilic and thermotolerant fungi isolated from natural thermal habitats similarly occur in man-made heated habitats.

1902 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 5 Apr. 846 To demonstrate two very different forms of complement—one a thermo-unstable, and the other a thermo-stable.

1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Thermo-voltaic.