thermochromy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

Word forms

thermochromy

Etymology

From thermo- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).

Related words

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