diaˈthermous, a.
[f. Gr. διά through + stem of θερµός hot + -ous.]
= diathermic a. 1.
| 1843 A. Smee Sources Phys. Sc. 194 As a specimen of a diathermous body, air is a capital example. 1885 M{supc}Gee in Amer. Jrnl. Sc. 3rd Ser. XXIX. 390 The solar accession of the east half of the assumed ice-stream will be freely dissipated through the diathermous forenoon atmosphere. |