thermic
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“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
Protein has a higher thermic effect because it's harder for the body to break down.
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2022
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
It is, therefore, impossible not to be struck by the direct relation of the thermic and mechanical phenomena of which the negative electrode is the origin.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various
