thermostable

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adjective

Physically or chemically unaffected by high temperatures

OriginEnglish stable ← Middle English stable ← Anglo-Norman stabe →
UncommonScrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectivethermostable (comparative more thermostable, superlative most thermostable)

comparative more thermostable · superlative most thermostable

  1. Physically or chemically unaffected by high temperatures

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*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*staējō
  9. Proto-Italic*staēō
  10. Proto-Italic*staðlis?
  11. Latinstabili
  12. Old Frenchestable
  13. Anglo-Normanstabe
  14. Middle Englishstable
  15. Englishstable
  16. Englishthermostable

From thermo- + stable.

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APA

thermostable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermostable

MLA

“thermostable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermostable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermostable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermostable.

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