"thermobaric" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: thermo- + baric, derived from the Ancient Greek words for “heat” and “pressure”: θερμοβαρικός (thermobarikós), from θερμός (thermós, “hot”) + βάρος (báros, “weight, pressure”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|thermo|baric}} thermo- + baric, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|θερμοβαρικός}} θερμοβαρικός (thermobarikós), {{m|grc|θερμός||hot}} θερμός (thermós, “hot”), {{m|grc|βάρος||weight, pressure}} βάρος (báros, “weight, pressure”), {{m|grc|-ικός||-ic}} -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} thermobaric (not comparable)
  1. Describing various weapons that use atmospheric oxygen to produce a blast wave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: thermobaric weapon Related terms: thermobaricity, vacuum bomb Translations (Translations): thermobarisch (Dutch), termobaarinen (Finnish), θερμοβαρικός (thermovarikós) (Greek), termobarico (Italian), termobárico (Portuguese), termobárico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thermobaric-en-adj-WE-~IIlk Categories (other): English terms prefixed with thermo- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with thermo-: 47 53

Noun

Forms: thermobarics [plural]
Etymology: thermo- + baric, derived from the Ancient Greek words for “heat” and “pressure”: θερμοβαρικός (thermobarikós), from θερμός (thermós, “hot”) + βάρος (báros, “weight, pressure”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|thermo|baric}} thermo- + baric, {{der|en|grc|-}} Ancient Greek, {{m|grc|θερμοβαρικός}} θερμοβαρικός (thermobarikós), {{m|grc|θερμός||hot}} θερμός (thermós, “hot”), {{m|grc|βάρος||weight, pressure}} βάρος (báros, “weight, pressure”), {{m|grc|-ικός||-ic}} -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} thermobaric (plural thermobarics)
  1. A thermobaric weapon Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-thermobaric-en-noun-dbPClZoT Disambiguation of Weapons: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with thermo- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with thermo-: 47 53

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