Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The power or property of stopping radiant heat; impermeableness to radiant heat. It corresponds to opacity in the case of light.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Inability to transmit radiant; impermeability to heat.
Etymologies
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See athermanous.
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Examples
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- Anglo-Saxon noble; prince, especially heir apparent. adj. - impervious to radiant heat. athermancy, n. atheroma
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