Word part · Greek combining form
The Greek combining form therm
Means: heat.
At a glance
- Part
- therm
- Meaning
- heat
- Layer
- Greek: Combining forms behind science words, with spellings like ph and ch.
Its last letter is a consonant, so it takes the connecting vowel o before another consonant: therm + o + meter.
Example words
Read each word, then its sum: the parts that build it, and what they mean together.
Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- therm (root or base)+al (suffix)→thermal
having to do with heat
- geo (root or base)+therm (root or base)+al (suffix)→geothermal
using heat from deep inside the earth
- therm (root or base)+o (connector)+meter (root or base)→thermometer
a tool that measures heat
therm + o + meter: add a connecting vowel → thermometer
- hydr (root or base)+o (connector)+therm (root or base)+al (suffix)→hydrothermal
having to do with hot water deep in the earth
hydr + o + therm + al: add a connecting vowel → hydrothermal
- therm (root or base)+al (suffix)+s (suffix)→thermals
warm clothes worn under other clothes to hold in heat
- therm (root or base)+o (connector)+meter (root or base)+s (suffix)→thermometers
more than one thermometer
therm + o + meter + s: add a connecting vowel → thermometers
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