- diathermancies
- n. quality of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation (Physics); state of being diathermic (Medicine)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
diathermancies
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diathermancy — diathermanous, adj. /duy euh therr meuhn see/, n., pl. diathermancies. the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation. [1830 40; < F diathermansie < Gk dia DIA + thérmansis heating, equiv. to therman (var. s. of thermaínein to… … Universalium
