"athermancy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: See athermanous. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} athermancy (uncountable)
  1. Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat; the quality of being a good insulator. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-athermancy-en-noun-NIAZSWEa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1862, John Tyndall, \"Further Researches on the Absorption and Radiation of Heat by Gaseous Matter\", Philosophical Transactions, in Contributions to Molecular Physics in the Domain of Radiant Heat (1893), page 106",
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