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thermochromy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ther-mochromy
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.

Uncountable

Etymology

From thermo- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”).

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thermochrome

Questions

What does thermochromy mean?
The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility, which are unequal in rate or degree of transmission through diathermic substances.
Where does thermochromy come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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