"thermal grease" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thermal greases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} thermal grease (countable and uncountable, plural thermal greases)
  1. A viscous fluid substance, originally with properties akin to grease, which increases the thermal conductivity of a thermal interface by filling microscopic air-gaps present due to the imperfectly flat and smooth surfaces of the components. Wikipedia link: thermal grease Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: heat paste, thermal compound, thermal gel, thermal paste Translations (fluid used to increase conductance of a thermal interface): lämpötahna (Finnish), lämpöpasta (Finnish), pasta térmica [feminine] (Galician), Wärmeleitpaste [feminine] (German), hővezető paszta (Hungarian), pasta termoconduttiva [feminine] (Italian), pasta termica [feminine] (Italian), pasta térmica [feminine] (Portuguese), pasta térmica [feminine] (Spanish), kylpasta [common-gender] (Swedish)

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