Athermanous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not transmitting heat. not-comparable

    "We see also why in an athermanous body an increase of thickness does not augment the radiation, —the reason being that, since it is already athermanous, this increase cannot possibly make it absorb more heat, and therefore cannot make it radiate more."

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"We see also why in an athermanous body an increase of thickness does not augment the radiation, —the reason being that, since it is already athermanous, this increase cannot possibly make it absorb more heat, and therefore cannot make it radiate more."

Etymology

Ancient Greek privative + to heat: compare French athermane.

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