thermic
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This process is called diet-induced thermogenesis or the thermic effect of food and it equates to about 10% of our daily energy expenditure.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2023
“One of the big black box elements in all of this is the thermic effect of food,” Urlacher says, referring to how much energy a person burns in digesting food.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 14, 2023
Precautions were taken to protect two nearby thermic power plants in the vicinity, though they were not in immediate danger.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
Weiss says the snowman was first a commission of a German thermic power plant, year round.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2018
That capsule contains a mixture of vapours that give out disintegrating rays when the temperature is raised by thermic induction above six thousand.
From The Man Who Rocked the Earth by Robert Williams Wood
