Download the app
educalingo
Search
I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
Ueli Gegenschatz

Meaning of "thermals" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF THERMALS

thermals  [ˈθɜːməlz] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THERMALS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thermals is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THERMALS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thermal

A thermal column is a column of rising air in the lower altitudes of the Earth's atmosphere. Thermals are created by the uneven heating of the Earth's surface from solar radiation, and are an example of convection, specifically atmospheric convection. The Sun warms the ground, which in turn warms the air directly above it. Dark earth, urban areas and roadways are good sources of thermals. The warmer air near the surface expands, becoming less dense than the surrounding air mass. The mass of lighter air rises, and as it does, it cools due to its expansion in the lower pressure of the higher altitude. It stops rising when it has cooled to the same temperature as the surrounding air. Associated with a thermal is a downward flow surrounding the thermal column. The downward moving exterior is caused by colder air being displaced at the top of the thermal. The size and strength of thermals are influenced by the properties of the lower atmosphere. Generally, when the air is cold, bubbles of warm air are formed by the ground heating the air above it and can rise like a hot air balloon. The air is then said to be unstable.

Definition of thermals in the English dictionary

The definition of thermals in the dictionary is thermal garments, esp underclothes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THERMALS


apples
ˈæpəlz
articles
ˈɑːtɪk əlz
Brussels
ˈbrʌsəlz
chemicals
ˈkɛmɪkəlz
Chronicles
ˈkrɒnɪkəlz
credentials
krɪˈdenʃəlz
finals
ˈfaɪnəlz
gemels
ˈdʒɛməlz
Knowles
nəʃuəlz
materials
məˈtɪərɪəlz
Novels
ˈnɒvəlz
principles
ˈprɪnsɪpəlz
singles
ˈsɪŋɡəlz
subtitles
ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəlz
titles
ˈtaɪtəlz
trammels
ˈtræməlz
travels
ˈtrævəlz
trembles
ˈtrɛmbəlz
trials
ˈtraɪəlz
troubles
ˈtrʌbəlz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THERMALS

thermal imaging
thermal imaging camera
thermal imaging equipment
thermal imaging system
thermal neutrons
thermal noise
thermal paper
thermal power
thermal power station
thermal printer
thermal reactor
thermal shock
thermal spring
thermal unit
thermalisation
thermalise
thermalization
thermalize
thermally
thermel

WORDS THAT END LIKE THERMALS

annals
at intervals
building materials
casuals
fundamentals
genitals
Hals
horse trials
Immortals
industrials
lower animals
lower mammals
minerals
morals
People´s Dispensary for Sick Animals
petrochemicals
residuals
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
vitals
vocals

Synonyms and antonyms of thermals in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thermals» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF THERMALS

Find out the translation of thermals to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thermals from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thermals» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

散热
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

térmicas
570 millions of speakers

English

thermals
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

थर्मल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرارية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

термики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

térmicas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thermals
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

thermiques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Termal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Thermik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サーマル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기류
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thermals
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thermals
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thermals
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थर्मल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yükselen sıcak hava kitlesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

termiche
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

termika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

терміки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

căldurii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θερμικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lugstrome
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

termik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

termikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thermals

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THERMALS»

The term «thermals» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.023 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
81
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «thermals» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of thermals
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «thermals».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THERMALS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thermals» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thermals» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thermals

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «THERMALS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thermals.
1
Ueli Gegenschatz
I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THERMALS»

Discover the use of thermals in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thermals and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs
One of the commonest sources of rising air exploited by soarers is thermals or rising columns of warm air (Alexander, I 992). Thermals are produced when the sun heats the ground unevenly. For example, a large, exposed rock surface will ...
Sankar Chatterjee, R. J. Templin, 2004
2
Giant Whitetails: A Lifetime of Lessons
more around where the thermals will push our scent than where the wind will drive it. Consider a warm, calm October evening. When the sun goes down and the air cools and sinks, thermals push your scent down and away from your tree ...
Mark Drury, Terry Drury, Michael Hanback, 2003
3
Migrating Raptors of the World: Their Ecology & Conservation
Land-based thermals typically require sunlight to sustain them. Thus, the strongest and largest thermals usually occur on bright, sunny days between midmorning and midday, after the sun is high enough to differentially warm the landscape ...
Keith L. Bildstein, 2006
4
IUTAM Symposium on Hamiltonian Dynamics, Vortex Structures, ...
THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION FOR MIXED-LAYER THERMALS IN THE CONVECTIVE ATMOSPHERE Alexander N. Vul'fson Oil and Gas Research Institute of RAS, 3, Gubkina Str., GSP-1, 119991, Moscow, Russia e-mail: ...
Alexey V. Borisov, Valery V. Kozlov, Ivan S. Mamaev, 2007
5
Modelling the Flying Bird
Cross-country speed in thermals—the MacCready theory The speed at which a glider can fly across country using thermals is central to the sport of gliding, and also to those birds that use thermals for migration, or for covering distance on ...
C.J. Pennycuick, 2008
6
Bow Hunting Whitetails
Thermals are air currents that follow the contours of the land in a vertical manner. They transport scent. Thus, thermals have an impact on whitetail mobility. In the morning, when the temperature rises, thermals also move in an upward direction  ...
Dragan Vujic, 2007
7
Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather
will start to rise in what are called thermals. In these rising thermals, the air cools due to adiabatic expansion. [See Adiabatic Processes.] Eventually the rising thermals will cool to a point where their temperature is lower than their environment's ...
8
An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology
However, the diameter of thermals increases with height, suggesting that some thermals merge as they rise (Greenhut and Khalsa, 1987). Conditionally sampled average values of vertical velocities and temperatures in updrafts and ...
Roland B. Stull, 1988
9
Buoyant Convection in Geophysical Flows
Large towerlike convective structures (thermals) transporting the fog upwards are clearly seen over the whole range of distances shown. The vertical dimensions of the thermals increase downwind. The CBL growth rate along the tunnel can be ...
Erich J. Plate, 1998
10
The Biology of Mosquitoes: Viral, Arboviral and Bacterial ...
Swifts also make extensive use of thermals, and most birds of prey can be seen soaring in thermals from time to time. Thermals develop where incident solar radiation from the sun passes through the atmosphere and heats the ground. Contact ...
Alan N. Clements, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THERMALS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thermals is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Thermals whet appetites at Bite of Bend
Portland's favorite punky power poppers the Thermals are back in action, after a month in which lead vocalist/guitarist Hutch Harris and bassist/sometime ... «Bend Bulletin, Jun 15»
2
The Lighter Side of The Thermals
The charismatic frontman of Portland's post-punk power trio The Thermals had been thinking about trying his hand at stand-up comedy for years, but kept talking ... «The Source Weekly, Jun 15»
3
Two-thirds of the Thermals have a secret past
#Casual fans of the Thermals may be surprised to learn that the duo at the core of the punk-leaning trio, Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster, recorded an acoustic folk ... «San Diego Reader, May 15»
4
The Thermals, Cave Singers, La Luz Highlight 2015 West Seattle …
Kathy Foster and Hutch Harris' pre-Thermals project Kathy and Hutch has been incredibly active in 2015. The folk duo toured for the first time in more than a ... «CBS Local, May 15»
5
McDonald's Clothing Line Gives New Meaning to 'Wearing a Mac'
“Now you can stretch, run and ski together with the hamburger of hamburgers,” reads the product description for Big Mac thermals on McDonald's Sweden's ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
6
Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster of The Thermals Announce Tour
Back before they formed The Thermals, Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster performed as the eponymous duo Hutch and Kathy. The pair has now announced their ... «Under the Radar Mag, Mar 15»
7
The Thermals precursor Hutch and Kathy to reissue self-titled debut …
Hutch Harris and Kathy Foster weren't always brash punk rockers. Before forming The Thermals, the duo wrote and recorded eccentric folk-pop tunes as Hutch ... «Consequence of Sound, Feb 15»
8
Q&A: Hutch Harris on Standup Comedy
Comedy is the new punk rock, they say, but in the case of Hutch Harris, punks are the new comics. In recent weeks, the Thermals' singer-guitarist has gone from ... «Willamette Week, Nov 14»
9
Play The Thermals' new video game, “The Sword By My Side”
If you're like me — having completed 100% of Grand Theft Auto V but waiting for Christmas for an Xbox One and copy of Destiny — you're in need of something ... «Consequence of Sound, Dec 13»
10
How to Climb Faster in Thermals
But the pleasure of thermalling like a bird is also closely linked to the feeling of being connected to the air through your wing. The better you are in harmony with ... «Cross Country magazine, Nov 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Thermals [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/thermals>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z