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Definition: Endothermic |
EndothermicAdjective1. (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Endothermic \En`do*ther"mic\, adjective. [Prefix endo- thermic.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Energy | A heat absorbing reaction or a reaction that requires heat. (references) |
Mining | Accompanied by the absorption of heat. Opposite of exothermic. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EndothermicSynonyms: endothermal (adj), heat-absorbing (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: exothermic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Endothermic |
| English words defined with "endothermic": endothermic reaction ♦ scombroid, scombroid fish. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "endothermic": differential thermal analysis ♦ Self-Agglomerating process. (references) |
| "Endothermic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Endothermic" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 30 | 63,341 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "endothermic": endothermic reaction ♦ exothermic vs endothermic exothermal. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "endothermic": non-endothermic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
endothermic reaction | 26 |
endothermic | 18 |
endothermic exothermic hell | 9 |
endothermic exothermic reaction | 7 |
endothermic exothermic | 5 |
endothermic hell | 4 |
endothermic fuel | 2 |
endothermic process | 2 |
endothermic example reaction | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "endothermic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ماص للحرارة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "热. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | endoterm reaktion (endothermic reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | endotherme reactie (endothermic reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | endoterminen reaktio (endothermic reaction), lämpöä sitova reaktio (endothermic reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | endothermique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | endotherme Reaktion (endothermal reaction, endothermic reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενδόθερμη αντίδραση (endothermal reaction, endothermic reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | endoterm (endothermal), hőelnyelő (endothermal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | reazione endotermica (endothermal reaction, endothermic reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | endothermicay reacção endotérmica (endothermic reaction). (various references) endotermic. (various references) reacción endotérmica (endothermic reaction). (various references) endotermisk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Endothermic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: endophoric, endotermic, endothemic, endotherm, endthermic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "endothermic" (pronounced e'ndōther"mik) |
| 6 | -ō th er" m i k | exothermic. |
| 4 | -er" m i k | hypodermic. |
| 3 | -m i k | academic, aerodynamic, anemic, atomic, autonomic, bulimic, cataclysmic, ceramic, comic, cosmic, cytoplasmic, diatomic, dynamic, economic, electrodynamic, endemic, epidemic, ergonomic, formic, gastronomic, gimmick, gnomic, hemodynamic, hypoglycemic, hypothalamic, logarithmic, macroeconomic, microeconomic, mimic, monatomic, nonacademic, noneconomic, ophthalmic, organismic, pandemic, panoramic, patronymic, photodynamic, polemic, psychodynamic, rhythmic, samek, seismic, socioeconomic, subatomic, systemic, tragicomic, uneconomic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-h-i-m-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: echinoderm, entodermic. | |
-2 letters: chondrite, coinhered, endotherm, recondite, threnodic. | |
-3 letters: centroid, choremen, chromide, chromite, coherent, coinhere, comether, dethrone, doctrine, domineer, dormient, ectoderm, endermic, enriched, entoderm, erection, hectored, hereinto, hermetic, intercom, mediocre, mentored, meteoric, methodic, morticed, mothered, neoteric, oriented, recoined, reminted, richened, theremin, thermion, threnode, tochered, trenched, trichome. | |
-4 letters: centime, centimo, centred, chedite, cheerio, chimere, chirmed, choired, chorine, chromed, cithern, cithren, codeine, cohered, cointer, cordite, coterie, credent, ctenoid, demerit, demeton, demonic, demotic, deontic, diether, dimeter, ditcher, dormice, emeroid, encoder, encored, endemic, enteric, enticed, enticer, erethic, ermined, erodent, etheric, ethmoid, hedonic, heirdom, herdmen, heretic, heroine, homered, hordein, incomer, inhered, merited, minored, mitered, moderne, mordent, mortice, mothier, neither, notched, notcher, noticed, noticer, ochered, onetime, recited, retched, retimed, techier, theorem, therein, thereon, thermic, theroid, thorned, throned, tierced, tonemic, torched, trochee. | |
-5 letters: cement, cenote, center, centre, cerite, cermet, cheder, cheero, chider, chimed, chimer, chined, chiton, chored, chrome, cinder, cither, citron, codein, coedit, coheir, cohere, coined, coiner, cometh, corned, cornet, cortin, credit, cretin, deceit, decent, decern, dehorn, dehort, deicer, dement, demote, denier, denote, dermic, dieter, dinero, direct, dither, docent, domine, dormie, dormin, dotier, dreich, drench, echoed, echoer, edenic, editor, either, emerod, emetic, emetin, emodin, emoted, emoter, encode, encore, endite, enrich, entice, entire, ermine, erotic, etched, etcher, ethion, ethnic, hector, heired, hemoid, hented, herdic, herein, hereon, hereto, heriot, hermit, heroic, heroin, hetero, hinder, hinted, hinter, hoiden, homier, honied, horned, hornet, icemen, inched, income, inhere, ironed, itched, itemed, medico, mender, menhir, mentor, merino, meteor, method, metier, metred, metric, miched, micron, minced, mincer, minder, minted, minter, mither, mitred, modern, monied, moreen, mother, nereid, nether, niched, nimrod, noetic, nordic, norite, normed, nother, notice, ochred, omened, orcein, orchid, oreide, orient, recent, recite, recode, recoin, redone, reecho, reedit, reemit, reined, remend, remind, remint, remote, rented, retied, retime, retine, rhodic, richen, rident, rioted, rochet, rodent, rodmen, rotche, teched, techie, tender, tenrec, teredo, termed, theine, themed, thence, therme, thoric, thrice, throne, tierce, tiered, tinder, tocher, toneme, tonier, trench, triced, triene, trined, triode, troche. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-h-i-m-n-o-r-t" | |
+3 letters: nephrectomized. | |
+4 letters: echinodermatous. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. -.. --- - .... . .-. -- .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101110 01100100 01101111 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01101101 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n d o t h e r m i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0064 006F 0074 0068 0065 0072 006D 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3980708186747184797569 |
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