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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as geothermal, II.

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  • noun A geoisotherm

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Examples

  • The dotted line may be assumed to be a geotherm having a temperature of viscosity.

    The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895

  • Below this geotherm long-continued stress resolves itself into hydrostatic pressure; above it (there is, of course, no sharp line of demarcation) the crust accumulates elastic energy.

    The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895

  • They show that as the sediments grow in depth there is a rising of the geotherm of plasticity -- whatever its true temperature may be -- gradually reducing the thickness of that part

    The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays John Joly 1895

  • I propose we spend it on cleaner fossil fuels like natural gas as a bridge to clean non fossil fuels like nuke wind solar geotherm hydrogen and sequestering carbon as well as placing caps with financial penalties on energy producers while subsidizing individuals cost of those caps

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science PZ Myers none@example.com 2010

  • Egypt Historical context Policy Solar Future solar projects Wind Hydropower Biomass and geotherm Egypt key players

    unknown title 2011

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