"therm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: therms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m Etymology: 1920s, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “heat”). See also thermo-, -thermic, etc. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|θερμός|t=heat}} Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “heat”), {{m|en|thermo-}} thermo-, {{m|en|-thermic}} -thermic Head templates: {{en-noun}} therm (plural therms)
  1. A unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units, often used in the context of natural gas. Categories (topical): Temperature Derived forms: decatherm, thm Related terms: thermo-
    Sense id: en-therm-en-noun-iLOfOuAm Disambiguation of Temperature: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms borrowed back into English Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 66 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: therms [present, singular, third-person], therming [participle, present], thermed [participle, past], thermed [past]
Etymology: Probably from English Hermes or English Terminus, ancient Gods whose statues would often have decoration characteristic of thermed work around their bases. Etymology templates: {{der|en|en|Hermes}} English Hermes, {{der|en|en|Terminus}} English Terminus Head templates: {{en-verb}} therm (third-person singular simple present therms, present participle therming, simple past and past participle thermed)
  1. A technique used by woodturners to simultaneously create multiple copies of spindles and table legs.
    Sense id: en-therm-en-verb-Q0edsAh~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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