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- [thurm]
- /θɜrm/
- /θɜːm/
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- [thurm]
- /θɜrm/
Definitions of therm word
- noun therm any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units. 1
- noun therm unit of heat 1
- prefix therm heat 1
- countable noun therm A therm is a measurement of heat. 0
- noun therm a unit of heat equal to 100 000 British thermal units. One therm is equal to 1.055 056 × 108 joules 0
- noun therm a great calorie 0
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Origin of therm
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90, therm is from the Greek word thérmē heat
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Therm
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
therm popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
therm usage trend in Literature
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