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Same as Thermopile.

A neurosis caused by exposure to heat.

Neutrality as regards heat effects.

Heat-loving; -- applied esp. to certain bacteria.

A portable form of telethermometer, using a telephone in connection with a differential thermometer.

An apparatus for conveying heat, as a case containing material which retains its heat for a considerable period.

ht differences and degrees of heat. It is composed of alternate bars of antimony and bismuth, or any two metals having different capacities for the conduction of heat, connected with an astatic galvanometer, which is very sensibly affected by the electric current induced in the system of bars when exposed even to the f…

A device for the automatic regulation of temperature; a thermostat.

An instrument for indicating changes of temperature without indicating the degree of heat by which it is affected; especially, an instrument contrived by Count Rumford which, as modified by Professor Leslie, was afterward called the differential thermometer.

Of or pertaining to the thermoscope; made by means of the thermoscope; as, thermoscopic observations.

An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.

Capable of being heated to or somewhat above 55º C. without loss of special properties; -- said of immune substances, etc.

A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.

Of or pertaining to the thermostat; made or effected by means of the thermostat.

Influenced in its contraction by heat or cold; -- said of a muscle.

Of or retaining to thermotaxis.

A tank containing pipes through which circulates steam, water, air, or the like, for heating or cooling; -- used in some heating and ventilation systems.

Pertaining to, or connected with, the regulation of temperature in the animal body; as, the thermotaxic nervous system.

The property possessed by protoplasm of moving under the influence of heat.

Pertaining to the variation of tensile strength with the temperature.