thermal
Example Sentences
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Pollution spikes are common in the city, especially during thermal inversions when a layer of warm air sits above a layer of cold air, trapping smog over the city.
From Barron's
Soon, more visitors were arriving every summer, with many indulging in now-unthinkable activities like feeding bears from elevated platforms and swimming in thermal pools.
Pollution spikes are common in the city of nearly 400,000, especially during thermal inversions when a layer of warm air sits above a layer of cold air, trapping smog over the mountain-ringed city.
From Barron's
Traditional heat engines, such as internal combustion engines and steam turbines, operate by turning thermal energy into mechanical motion, or simply converting heat into movement.
From Science Daily
They both wore thick wool socks and thermal underwear too, even though it wasn’t the darkest, coldest part of winter yet.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
