thermal (redirected from thermal sensation)

thermal

1. of, relating to, caused by, or generating heat or increased temperature

2. (of garments or fabrics) specially designed so as to have exceptional heat-retaining properties

3. Meteorol a column of rising air caused by local unequal heating of the land surface, and used by gliders and birds to gain height

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thermal [′thər·məl]

(meteorology)

A relatively small-scale, rising current of air produced when the atmosphere is heated enough locally by the earth's surface to produce absolute instability in its lower layers.

(thermodynamics)

Of or concerning heat.