endothermic

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French endothermique, from endo- (“inside”) + thermique (“of heat”), both ultimately from Ancient Greek. By surface analysis, endo- +‎ -thermic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛndəʊˈθəːmɪk/

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Adjective

endothermic (comparative more endothermic, superlative most endothermic)

1. (chemistry) Of a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings.
   • 2014, William J. Brock, ‎Barbara Mounho, ‎Lijie Fu, The Role of the Study Director in Nonclinical Studies, page 174:

     These can be differentiated on a thermal scan where an endothermic transition indicates enantiotropes and an exothermic transition indicates monotropes .

2. (zoology) Of an animal whose body temperature is regulated by internal factors.

   Synonyms: warm-blooded, endothermal, homeothermal, homeothermic

   Antonyms: ectothermic, exothermic, cold-blooded

Derived terms

• endothermically
• endothermicity
• nonendothermic

 

Translations

chemistry: absorbing heat

• Belarusian: эндатэрмічны (endatermičny)
• Finnish: endoterminen (fi)
• French: endothermique (fr)
• German: endotherm (de)
• Malayalam: താപശോഷക (tāpaśōṣaka)
• Maori: pauwera
• Norwegian: endoterm (no)
• Persian: گرماگیر (fa) (garmâgir)
• Portuguese: endotérmico
• Russian: эндотерми́ческий (ru) (endotermíčeskij)
• Swedish: endoterm (sv), endotermisk (sv)
• Tagalog: sulud-initin

zoology: of animal with regulated temperature

• Belarusian: эндатэрмічны (endatermičny), цеплакроўны (cjeplakróŭny)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溫血的／温血的 (zh) (wēnxuè de), 熱血的／热血的 (zh) (rèxuè de)

• Dutch: warmbloedig (nl)
• Estonian: püsisoojane, homöotermne
• Finnish: tasalämpöinen
• French: homéotherme (fr), à sang chaud (fr)
• Georgian: თბილსისხლიანი (tbilsisxliani)
• German: warmblütig (de), homöotherm
• Greek: ενδοθερμικός (el) (endothermikós), θερμόαιμος (el) (thermóaimos)
• Japanese: 温血の (おんけつの, onketsu no)
• Latvian: siltasiņu
• Lithuanian: šiltakraujis
• Malay: berdarah panas, berdarah hangat
• Polish: stałocieplny (pl)
• Portuguese: endotérmico
• Russian: эндоте́рмный (endotérmnyj), теплокро́вный (ru) (teplokróvnyj), гомойоте́рмный (ru) (gomojotérmnyj)
• Swedish: jämnvarm, varmblodig
• Thai: เลือดอุ่น (lʉ̂ʉat-ùn)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can