adiathermanous, a. Physics. rare.
(ædɪəˈθɜːmənəs, ˌeɪdaɪəˈθɜːmənəs)
[f. a- 14 + diathermanous a.]
= adiathermic a.
| 1855 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circ. Sci.: Pract. Chem. 103 Hence, we have transcalent and non-transcalent substances,—otherwise called diathermanous and a-diathermanous. 1884 A. Daniell Princ. Physics xv. 448 A body impervious to light is opaque, impervious to dark heat it is adiathermanous. 1925 J. Joly Surface-Hist. Earth 179 The continents offer a nearly adiatherminous [sic] covering to the magma. 1958 H. J. Gray Dict. Physics 15/1 Adiathermanous, not transparent to [sic]. |