Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

geothermy

/ˈd͡ʒi.oʊˌθɜɹ.mi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: geothermy
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊˌθɜɹ.mi/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The heat produced by the natural processes of the Earth, including heat from the undercrust, plate tectonics, volcanism, and other sources.

Uncountable

noun

The process and practice of harvesting heat produced by the Earth to be used as an energy source.

Uncountable

noun

The study of heat produced naturally by the Earth, usually considered a subdiscipline of geophysics.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A method was worked out by the Geothermy Laboratory of the O. Yu. Schmidt institute of Earth Physics (Lyubimova et al., 1964 b) which utilizes the principles of heat convection from a momentary linear source (Tikhonov, Samarskiy, 1953)."
"However, in geothermy, as in any other area of geophysics, it is often necessary to solve an inverse problem."

Etymology

By surface analysis, geo- (“earth, ground”) + -thermy (“heat”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊˌθɜɹ.mi/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

geothermies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

geotherm geothermal geothermality geothermic geothermics

Synonyms

geothermics geothermal energy

Questions

How do you pronounce geothermy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊˌθɜɹ.mi/.
What does geothermy mean?: The heat produced by the natural processes of the Earth, including heat from the undercrust, plate tectonics, volcanism, and other sources.
Where does geothermy come from?: By surface analysis, geo- (“earth, ground”) + -thermy (“heat”).

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