Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
diathermanous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Same as
diathermal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Freely
permeable byradiant heat .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Air, although a poor heat-conductor, and extremely light, is diathermous, and offers no obstruction to the escape of radiant heat.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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