How to pronounce thermal
American English pronunciation
THUR-mul
- IPA
- /ˈθɝməl/
- Syllables
- THUR · mul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What thermal means
Most people know thermal in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A rising column of warm air that birds ride
In a sentence: The hawk circled higher and higher on a thermal without flapping once.
Where it comes from: It comes through French and Latin from the Greek therme, meaning heat. It is the same word as thermal meaning having to do with heat.
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