thermic

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

In like manner the thermic and the mechanical effects are most simply explained, according to the expression selected by Crookes himself, as the results of a "continued molecular bombardment."

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various