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thermal

[thur-muhl] / ˈθɜr məl /


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This triggers a process called thermal runaway, where rapidly rising temperatures cause the battery to spontaneously combust.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Moores and a volunteer team from nearby University of Southampton have been flying drones fitted with thermal imaging cameras up and down the six-mile stretch of river where Samba is believed to be hiding out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The report by technical advisory firm HelioVolta found the devices were the most likely cause of 71% of fires and thermal damage events it had identified in rooftop solar systems.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

But he says that will only give you the perception of "thermal comfort" - in other words you will feel cooler but you're not actually cooling as much as you might think.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Bobby couldn’t wait to slip into the Gellért’s thermal bath; he felt he was in paradise.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

"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

As spectators chant and funnel into the tree-lined stadium, the day starts to warm, which is when spotted lanternflies can be found rising into the air on thermals.

From National Geographic Aug. 31, 2023

Vultures, another raptor, are easy to spot in the early afternoon because they “get up on the thermals and fly miles and miles and miles” looking for food, he said.

From New York Times Jun. 29, 2023

Ahead of them, high in the sky, circling on the hot air currents, were the night-gaunts, dozens of them, riding the thermals.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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