| CIRCUMLITTORAL | • circumlittoral adj. Around, or bordering the shore. • circumlittoral adj. Describing the part of the sea bottom immediately beyond the littoral. • CIRCUMLITTORAL adj. around or near the shore. |
| ELECTROTHERMAL | • electrothermal adj. Of or pertaining to the production of heat by electricity. • ELECTROTHERMAL adj. of or relating to electricity and heat, or heat obtained electrically, also ELECTROTHERMIC. |
| FORESTALLMENTS | • forestallments n. Plural of forestallment. • FORESTALLMENT n. the act of forestalling. |
| HETEROTHALLISM | • heterothallism n. (Botany) The condition of being heterothallic. • HETEROTHALLISM n. the state of being heterothallic, also HETEROTHALLY. |
| METROPOLITICAL | • metropolitical adj. (Archaic) metropolitan; pertaining to a metropolis. • METROPOLITICAL adj. of or like a metropolis. |
| MICROSATELLITE | • microsatellite n. A miniature satellite. • microsatellite n. (Genetics) Any of a group of polymorphic loci in DNA that consist of repeat units of just a few base pairs. • microsatellite n. (Space science) An artificial satellite between 10 and 100 kilograms in mass. |
| MULTIELECTRODE | • multielectrode adj. Of or pertaining to more than one electrode. • multielectrode n. Multiple electrodes joined together in a network. • MULTIELECTRODE adj. having many electrodes. |
| MULTIFACTORIAL | • multifactorial adj. Involving, or controlled by multiple factors. • multifactorial adj. (Genetics, of a trait) Involving multiple genetic and/or environmental factors. • multifactorial n. (Mathematics) A generalisation of a factorial in which each element to be multiplied differs from the… |
| MULTIPLICATORS | • multiplicators n. Plural of multiplicator. • MULTIPLICATOR n. a multiplier. |
| MULTITRILLIONS | • multitrillions n. Plural of multitrillion. • MULTITRILLION n. a number or amount equal to several trillion. |
| PHOTOTHERMALLY | • photothermally adv. In a photothermal manner. • PHOTOTHERMAL adv. of or concerned with light and heat, esp. the production of heat by light, also PHOTOTHERMIC. |
| SCINTILLOMETER | • scintillometer n. (Physics) A device that measures fluctuations in the Earth’s atmosphere. • scintillometer n. (Physics) A scintillation counter. • SCINTILLOMETER n. instrument measuring scintillation of star. |
| THERMOLABILITY | • thermolability n. (Uncountable) The condition of being thermolabile. • thermolability n. (Countable) The extent to which a material is thermolabile. • THERMOLABILITY n. the state of being thermolabile, easily decomposed by heat. |