Diathermanous

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  • adj. Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; -- opposed to athermanous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Freely permeable by heat.
    • Word Usage
    "Using the sources of heat before mentioned, and employing diathermanous lenses, or silvered minors, to render the rays from those sources parallel, the absorption of radiant heat was determined, first for the liquid layer, and then for its equivalent vaporous layer."
    Antonym
    athermanous   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    diathermal   
     
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