Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pervious to heat; permitting the passage of heat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat.

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  • adjective Permitting heat to pass through.

Etymologies

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trans- + Latin calens, present participle of calere to grow warm.

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