- plural of thermal.
thermals
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The SolarStratos plane made the landmark flight from Sion airport in southwest Switzerland on August 12 last year, taking advantage of warm air thermals to beat a 15-year-old record.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
In the first, a quadrotor drone was able to observe four hovering white balls while avoiding four orange balls, all while navigating an airfield rife with randomly occurring, dangerous air currents, or thermals.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024
Military officials searched the river with lights, thermals and night-vision goggles but did not see any other migrants trying to cross or in distress, the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
"And at six o'clock on a January morning it was unbelievably cold - even the thermals we had on underneath our tracksuits weren't much help."
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
Twenty more seconds before she rode out the flare and was running on thermals.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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