ProphetesAI is thinking...
diathermanous
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
diathermanous
diathermanous, a. (daɪəˈθɜːmənəs) [f. F. diathermane (Melloni 1833) + -ous. For history of the Fr. word see diathermancy.] Having the property of freely transmitting radiant heat; pervious to heat-rays; = diathermic a. 1. (Corresp. to transparent or diaphanous in relation to light.)1834 E. Turner El...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Diathermancy
A diathermanous substance is thus "permeable" by heat. Water is not diathermanous, and it is heated directly by sunshine.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
adiathermanous
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 Prin...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
diathermal
diathermal, a. (daɪəˈθɜːməl) [f. Gr. διά through (dia-1) + thermal (Gr. θερµ-ός warm, θέρµ-η, θερµ-όν heat): rendering F. diathermane; see next.] = diathermic a. 1, diathermanous. Also fig.1835 Faraday tr. Melloni in L. & E. Phil. Mag. VII. 475 (title), On the Immediate transmission of Calorific Ray...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Caura River (Venezuela)
However, water needs much more time to heating up than land does and atmosphere air is not heated by solar rays because it is diathermanous.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
diathermaneity
diathermaˈneity rare. [ad. F. diathermanéité, f. diathermane, with the ending of diaphanéité diaphaneity.] The quality of being diathermanous; = prec. 2, and diathermacy.1835 Faraday tr. Melloni in L. & E. Phil. Mag. VII. 476 According to the diathermaneity [diathermanéïté] of the substance of which...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
diathermic
diathermic, a. (daɪəˈθɜːmɪk) [ad. F. diathermique (f. Gr. διά through + θέρµ-η, θερµ-όν heat: see -ic), substituted by Melloni for his earlier term diathermane: see diathermancy.] 1. = diathermanous.1840 T. Thomson Heat & Electr. (ed. 2) 132 To bodies which transmit heat well, Melloni has given the ...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
diathermancy
diathermancy Physics. (daɪəˈθɜːmənsɪ) [ad. F. diathermansie, formed by Melloni, 1833, from Gr. διά through + θέρµανσις heating, f. θερµαίνειν to heat. The French ending follows the analogy of paralysie for Gr. παράλυσις. The Eng. ending simulates the -ncy of transparency, buoyancy. Melloni's origina...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
transcalent
transcalent, a. (ˈtrɑːnskələnt, ˈtræns-, trɑːnˈskeɪlənt, træn-) [f. trans- + L. călēnt-em, pr. pple. of călēre to be hot, to glow: see calent. Etymologically the pronunciation is ˈtranscălent; tranˈscālent comes by false analogy with transˈlūcent and tranˈspārent (in which the vowel is etymologicall...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai