thermal
Definitions
adj
Pertaining to heat or temperature.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
Providing efficient insulation so as to keep the body warm.
Caused or brought about by heat.
Having a rough finish from treatment with a blowtorch.
noun
A column of rising air in the lower atmosphere created by uneven heating of a planet's surface.
The hawk had mounted its thermal by the time he got to the yard, flapping its wings violently against the updraft.
FLIR.
verb
To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blowtorch.
To fly an unpowered aircraft in a thermal (column of rising air).