English
thermodispersion
From thermo- + dispersion.
Formed from thermo- + dispersion
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos
Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós
Ancient Greek θερμός ‘warm, hot’
English thermo-
Latin spargō ‘to scatter, strew, sprinkle, sparkle’
Latin dispergō ‘to scatter (about) or disperse’
Latin dispersiō ‘scattering, dispersion’
Old French dispersion
Middle English dispersioun
English dispersion
Today it means
noun The loss of heat from the surface of a body (typically by radiation)
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “thermodispersion”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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