"exothermic" meaning in English

See exothermic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-exothermic.wav [US] Forms: more exothermic [comparative], most exothermic [superlative]
Etymology: From French exothermique, from exo- (“outside”) + thermique (“of heat”), both ultimately from Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, exo- + -thermic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|exothermique}} French exothermique, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{surf|en|exo-|-thermic}} By surface analysis, exo- + -thermic Head templates: {{en-adj}} exothermic (comparative more exothermic, superlative most exothermic)
  1. (chemistry, of a reaction) That releases energy in the form of heat.
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  2. (chemistry, of a compound) That releases heat during its formation, and absorbs it during its decomposition.
    Sense id: en-exothermic-en-adj-en:compound Categories (other): Chemistry Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (zoology) Of an animal: whose body temperature is regulated by external factors; cold-blooded.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exothermal Derived forms: exothermically, exothermicity, nonexothermic Related terms: exotherm Translations (releasing heat): exotèrmic (Catalan), exotermický (Czech), eksoterminen (Finnish), exotherm (German), exoterm (Hungarian), esotermico (Italian), താപമോചക (tāpamōcaka) (Malayalam), putawera (Māori), eksoterm (Norwegian), گرماده (garmâde) (Persian), egzotermiczny (Polish), exotérmico (Portuguese), экзотерми́ческий (ekzotermíčeskij) (Russian), exoterm (Swedish), exotermisk (Swedish), luwas-initin (Tagalog), toả nhiệt (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'releasing heat': 49 44 8

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-exothermic.wav [US] Forms: exothermics [plural]
Etymology: From French exothermique, from exo- (“outside”) + thermique (“of heat”), both ultimately from Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, exo- + -thermic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|exothermique}} French exothermique, {{uder|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{surf|en|exo-|-thermic}} By surface analysis, exo- + -thermic Head templates: {{en-noun}} exothermic (plural exothermics)
  1. A substance that releases heat energy.
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "releasing heat",
      "word": "گرماده"
    },
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      "word": "экзотерми́ческий"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "releasing heat",
      "word": "toả nhiệt"
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