Meanings
- not comparableBoth thermal and mechanical.
- not comparablenatural sciencesOf or pertaining to the variation of the mechanical properties of a material with temperature.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
- Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
- Englishthermo-
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
- Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
- Latinmēchanicus
- Old Frenchmecanique
- Middle Englishmechanic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Middle Englishmechanical
- Englishmechanical
- Englishthermomechanical
From thermo- + mechanical.
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