thermo-

1. a combining form meaning “heat,” “hot,” used in the formation of compound words:

   thermoplastic.

thermo-

combining_form

1. related to, caused by, or measuring heat

   thermophile

   thermodynamics

thermo–

1. A prefix that means “heat,” as in thermometer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thermo-¹

< Greek, combining form of thermós hot, thérmē heat

Word History and Origins

Origin of thermo-¹

from Greek thermos hot, thermē heat

Example Sentences

It was also equally evident that the laws governing the new science of thermo-dynamics could be mathematically expressed.

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This was the first great step toward the formation of a Science of Thermo-dynamics.

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It is excellent beyond praise, however, as a treatise on the thermo-dynamics of heat-engines.

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There's no need for grandiose schemes of reactivating warheads in buried missile-centers, of loosing thermo-nucs upon the world.

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It is to him more than to any other, for instance, that is due the first steps in our knowledge of pyro-(or thermo-) electricity.

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