thermic balance

2 definitions found

thermic balance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Thermic \Ther"mic\, a. [Gr. ? heat.]
     Of or pertaining to heat; due to heat; thermal; as, thermic
     lines.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Thermic balance. See Bolometer.
  
     Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by
        sunstroke. See Sunstroke.
  
     Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under
        Heat.
        [1913 Webster]

  Bolometer \Bo*lom"e*ter\, n. [Gr. ? a stroke, ray + -meter.]
     (Physics)
     An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant
     heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; --
     called also actinic balance, thermic balance. --S. P.
     Langley.
     [1913 Webster]