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Definition of 'therm'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) therm
any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.

Etymology: (1885–90; < Gk thérmē heat)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) therm
a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units

Definition of 'therm'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. therm
A unit of heat. It has been proposed by the British Association and amounts to a redefinition of the smaller calorie. It is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree centigrade, starting at the temperature of maximum density of water.

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