Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Impermeable to radiant heat; having the power of stopping radiant heat; opaque to heat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to
diathermanous .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
transmitting heat .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek privative + to heat: compare French athermane.
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