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| Small rising column of air due to surface heating. weather.ncbuy.com/glossary.html 1. Pertaining to temperature or heat. 2. A discrete buoyant element in which the buoyancy is confined to a limited volume of fluid. See plume. 3. ... mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/glossary/index.cgi The generic description for generating plants burning coal, gas, black liquor and the like, or using geothermal energy. www.scottishpower.com/glossary2.htm A small, rising parcel of warm air produced when the earth's surface is heated unevenly. www.wrcc.dri.edu/ams/glossary.html Of, making use of, producing, or caused by heat. eobglossary.gsfc.nasa.gov/Library/glossary.php3 A rising parcel of warm, and less dense, air generally produced when the Earth's surface is heated or when cold air moves over a warmer surface such as warm water. www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/general/wxgls_tz.htm Thermal is a word used to mean heat. A thermal power station uses heat to produce electricity. www.actewagl.com.au/education/Glossary/default.aspx A printing system where dots are selectively heated, cooled and impressed on a heat sensitive paper. The paper changes colour in the heated areas. www.blazepoint.co.uk/faq_label_printers_glossary.html Materials with such poor ability to conduct heat that they are used to prevent heat being lost from an appliance. Most insulating materials depend for their effect on the presence of numerous air cells, so held that convection is restricted or prevented. www.dux.com.au/tech_glossary.htm Metamorphism caused by heat conducted into country rock from an igneous intrusion. www2.wwnorton.com/college/geo/earth2/glossary/t.htm a hot printer head contacts special paper that reacts to heat. return to the top www.medfordpolice.com/Glossary.htm a buoyant eddy, especially those of size ~ 100 m and larger. www.advancedforecasting.com/weathereducation/weatherglossary.html A relatively small-scale, rising air current produced when the Earth's surface is heated. Thermals are a common source of low level turbulence for aircraft. www.weatherdudes.com/glossary/T.html relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight" of or relating to a hot spring; "thermal water" rising current of warm air caused by or designed to retain heat; "a thermal burn"; "thermal underwear" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn A thermal column (or thermal) is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal Clothing or an article of clothing worn next to the skin and under other clothing. Examples of underwear include: drawers, speed shorts and union ... www.vintageskivvies.com/pages/archives/glossary/s-z.html Silly as this seems, yes, driver wear special "underwear" under those firesuits. The underwear is much like longjohns top, bottom and socks. Some suits may have this already quilted into the suit itself. It's a proven fact in fire that the underwear saves lives and buys valuable time in a disaster. us.1.p5.geocities.com/racndeb/Terminology.html undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn Undergarments, also called "underwear", "underpants," "lingerie", or "panties" (undergarments for women), or sometimes "intimate clothing", and "pants" or "knickers" in British English, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwear |