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Air thermometer 14. (Paint.)
(a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
the atmospheric medium through which every object in
nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
(b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
compound term. In most cases it might be written
indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
first element of the compound term, with or without the
hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
Air balloon. See Balloon.
Air bath.
(a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
(b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
desired temperature.
Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle.
Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as
a motive power.
Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine.
Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
confined air.
Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
the force of compressed air.
Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
not on blast.
Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road.
Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
air.
Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
utilized.
Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the
contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
changes of temperature.
Air threads, gossamer.
Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
air from a room.
Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
and allows air to enter.
Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
an air pump; an air way in a mine.
In the air.
(a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
rumors.
(b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
(c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
To take air, to be divulged; to be made public.
To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out. Athermous
Athermous A*ther"mous, a. (Chem.)
Athermanous.
Barothermograph
Barothermograph Bar`o*ther"mo*graph, n. [Gr. ? weight +
thermograph.]
An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as
of the atmosphere.
Celsius thermometerCentigrade Cen"ti*grade, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.).
Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale. Centigrade thermometerCentigrade Cen"ti*grade, a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus
degree: cf. F. centigrade.]
Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred
divisions or equal parts. Specifically: Of or pertaining to
the centigrade thermometer; as, 10[deg] centigrade (or
10[deg] C.).
Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0
at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and
the distance between that and the point indicating the
boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees.
It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders
Celsius, the originator of this scale. DiathermometerDiathermometer Di`a*ther*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? warm + -meter.
See Diathermal.] (Physics)
An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or
heat-conducting power of liquids. DiathermousDiathermous Di`a*ther"mous, a.
Same as Diathermal. FarthermoreFarthermore Far"ther*more*", adv. [Obs.]
See Furthermore. Farthermost
Farthermost Far"ther*most`, a.
Most remote; farthest.
Furthermore
Furthermore Fur"ther*more", adv.
or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been
said.
Furthermost
Furthermost Fur"ther*most", a.
Most remote; furthest.
Geothermometer
Geothermometer Ge`o*ther*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ge`a, gh^, the
earth + E. thermometer.] (Physics)
A thermometer specially constructed for measuring
temperetures at a depth below the surface of the ground.
Hermogenian
Hermogenian Her`mo*ge"ni*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in
Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter
to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits
are formed of corrupt matter.
Hithermost
Hithermost Hith"er*most`, a.
Nearest on this side. --Sir M. Hale.
Homothermous
Homothermic Ho`mo*ther"mic, Homothermous Ho`mo*ther"mous, a.
[Homo- + Gr. ? heat.] (Physiol.)
Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; h[ae]matothermal.
Isothermobath
Isothermobath I`so*ther"mo*bath, n. [Iso- + Gr. ? hot + ?
depth.] (Phys. Geog)
A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a
vertical section of the ocean.
Isothermobathic
Isothermobathic I`so*ther`mo*bath"ic, a.
Of or pertaining to an isothermobath; possessing or
indicating equal temperatures in a vertical section, as of
the ocean.
Maximum thermometerMaximum Max"i*mum, n.; pl. Maxima. [L., neut. from maximus
the greatest. See Maxim.]
The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case;
or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first
increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or
degree; -- opposed to minimum.
Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to
the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.
--P.
Colquhoun.
Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the
highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or
since its last adjustment. Minimum thermometerMinimum Min"i*mum, n.; pl. Minima. [L., fr. minimus. See
Minim.]
The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a
given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed
to maximum.
Minimum thermometer, a thermometer for recording the lowest
temperature since its last adjustment. Neithermore
Neithermore Neith"er*more`, a.
Lower, nether. [Obs.] --Holland.
NethermostNethermost Neth"er*most`, a. [AS. ni(?)emest. See Nether,
and cf. Aftermost.]
Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss. --Milton. Poikilothermous
Poikilothermous Poi`ki*lo*ther"mous (-m[u^]s), a. (Physiol.)
Poikilothermal.
Telethermograph
Telethermograph Tel`e*ther"mo*graph, n. [Gr. th^le far +
thermo- + -graph.] (Physics)
(a) A record of fluctuations of temperature made
automatically at a distant station.
(b) An instrument, usually electrical, making such records.
Telethermometer
Telethermometer Tel`e*ther*mom"e*ter, n. [Gr. ? far off + E.
thermometer.] (Physics)
An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant
point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise.
Thermo-
Thermo- Ther"mo-
A combining form from Gr. qe`rmh heat, qermo`s hot, warm; as
in thermochemistry, thermodynamic.
Thermoanaesthesia
Thermoanaesthesia Ther`mo*an`[ae]s*the"si*a or -anesthesia
-an`es*the"si*a, n. [NL.] (Med.)
Loss of power to distinguish heat or cold by touch.
Thermobarograph
Thermobarograph Ther`mo*bar"o*graph, n. (Physics)
An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and
temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph and barograph.
Thermobarometer
Thermobarometer Ther`mo*ba*rom"e*ter, n.
A siphon barometer adapted to be used also as a thermometer.
Thermobarometer
Thermobarometer Ther`mo*ba*rom"e*ter, n. [Thermo- +
barometer.] (Physics)
An instrument for determining altitudes by the boiling point
of water.
Thermobattery
Thermobattery Ther`mo*bat"ter*y, n. [Thermo- + battery.]
A thermoelectric battery; a thermopile.
Meaning of Hermo from wikipedia
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Monasterio de
Hermo is one of 54
parish councils in
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- Vázquez, Martín; Miotti,
Laura (2022), Miotti, Laura; Salemme, Monica;
Hermo, Darío (eds.), "The
Archaeofaunas of
Piedra Museo.
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Wilusa (Troy), the Seha
River Land (to be
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Kaikos valley), and the
kingdom of Mira-Kuwaliya with its core territory...
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Iglesia de
Santa María (Monasterio de
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Hermus or
Hermos (Ancient Gr****: Ἕρμος) is a name
attributed to
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river Hermus (modern Gediz...
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Smyrna daughter of the
river god Meles;
mother of
Homer by
Maeon Moria Hermos River,
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Sangarius River,
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Hermus or
Hermos (Ancient Gr****: Ἕρμος) was a deme of
ancient Attica. It lay on the
sacred road to Eleusis,
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