thermodifferential

adjective

Pertaining to differences in temperature.

OriginEnglish differential ← Latin differentiāli ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectivethermodifferential (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to differences in temperature.

    Results are correlated by using electronograms and thermodifferential analyses.

    1972, Nuclear Science Abstracts, volume 26, numbers 17-20, page 4122
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    The resulting samples were studied by X-ray diffraction and by thermogravimetric and thermodifferential analysis.

    1999, I. Kiricsi, J. B. Nagy, H. G. Karge, Porous Materials in Environmentally Friendly Processes, page 770

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
  4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
  5. Englishthermo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  13. Proto-Italic*ferō
  14. Latinferō
  15. Latindifferō
  16. Latindifferēns
  17. Latindifferentia
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Latindifferentiāli
  21. Englishdifferential
  22. Englishthermodifferential

From thermo- + differential.

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