a. [f. Gr. θέρμη heat + -IC: cf. F. thermique.] Of or pertaining to heat; of the nature of heat; = THERMAL 2.
Thermic balance = BOLOMETER. Thermic fever, fever resulting from external hent, esp. heat-stroke, insolation.
1846. Grove, Corr. Phys. Forces, 39. The definite thermic effects produced by chemical changes, have been lately much studied.
1849. Mrs. Somerville, Connex. Phys. Sc., xxv. 266. Those rays of the spectrum, whether luminous or thermic.
1890. Billings, Med. Dict., Thermic fever, heat-stroke.
1896. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., I. 499. In thermic fever or insolation the object is to reduce the temperature. Ibid. (1897), II. 313. Simple continued, thermic, and enteric fevers. Ibid. (1899), VIII. 706. Tactile, thermic, and pain sensibility.
So Thermical a. in same sense; hence Thermically adv., in a thermic manner; thermally.
1851. Carpenter, Man. Phys. (ed. 2), 44. This Power … manifests itself in those phenomena which we call electrical, magnetical, chemical, thermical, optical, or mechanical.
1859. R. F. Burton, Centr. Afr., in Jrnl. Geog. Soc., XXIX. 261. There are no unhealthy exhalations…, no thermical extremes nor surprises.
1877. Rosenthal, Muscles & Nerves, 109. A portion of the nerve may be heated, that is, it may be thermically irritated.
