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Definition of Therm
1. Noun. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units.
Definition of Therm
1. Noun. A former unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Therm
1. a unit of quantity of heat [n -S]
Medical Definition of Therm
1. A unit of energy equal to 100,000 Btus; used primarily for natural gas. (05 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Therm
Literary usage of Therm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for by A. Oemler (1910)
"March 14th, rain, wind NW afterwards; 15th, 16th, and 17th, frost, therm. 38°.
1847. ... March 17th, rain last night; 19th, rain at day- light; 20th, therm. ..."
2. Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John by Elisha Kent Kane (1856)
"therm. Head. Corr. No. 12 —57-8° + 9-0° 4 —55-5 + 6-7 8 —46-6 — 2-2 C —45-0 ...
therm. Road. Corr. No. 12 —54-0° + 7-4 4 —53-5 + 6-9 S — US — 1-8 C — 43-0 ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1846)
"therm, in shade 73° 44° 54'G3 This was a very healthy month. ... therm, in shade.
52° 34" Some fever prevailed, with bronchial affections of mild character. ..."
4. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland (1822)
"Maiquetia, 33;VO ; therm. 25-6". La Venta. a large inn on the northern slope of
La Cumbre, or the Cerro de Avila, bar. 294-1; therm. 19-2°. ..."
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