Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thermosteric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ther-moster-ic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to changes in climatic temperature.

Example Sentences

"Global estimates of heat content (0–750 m) and thermosteric height were completed by Willis et al. (2004) using in situ data alone and in combination with altimetric height."
"Thermosteric and halosteric changes may be partly due to changes in the inflowing Atlantic water and also due to changes in surface heat fluxes within the Mediterranean basin."
"According to the news editors, the researchers concluded: “Using state-of-the-art estimates for the thermosteric, mass and tidal contributions we show that the flooding events in Venice are expected to dramatically increase in a climate change scenario.""

Etymology

From thermo- + steric.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: thermo

Questions

What does thermosteric mean?: Pertaining to changes in climatic temperature.
Where does thermosteric come from?: From thermo- + steric.

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