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Definition of Endotherm
1. Noun. (biology) a warm-blooded animal that maintains a constant body temperature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endotherm
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Endotherm
1. An organism which is capable of generating its own body heat and maintaining a constant body temperature, a warm-blooded organism. A graph which shows the difference in temperature between a test compound and a reference compound that is thermally inert, when the compounds are both heated at the same rate. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endotherm
Literary usage of Endotherm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chemical Statics and Dynamics: Including the Theories of Chemical Change by Joseph William Mellor (1904)
"... + 0-288 cal., lace take place, and that although the one reaction is endotherm.il,
and the other exothermal, the same final equilibrium attained whether ..."
2. Lectures on Explosives: A Course of Lectures Prepared Especially as a Manual by Willoughby Walke (1897)
"An endotherm is a substance which absorbs heat during formation. This division
of explosive substances becomes ..."
3. Lectures on Explosives: A Course of Lectures Prepared Especially as a Manual by Willoughby Walke (1900)
"An exotherm is a substance which evolves heat during formation. An endotherm is
a substance which absorbs heat during formation. ..."
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