Endothermic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Chemistry Characterized by or causing the absorption of heat; endoergic.
  • adj. Biology Of or relating to an organism that generates heat to maintain its body temperature, typically above the temperature of its surroundings; warm-blooded.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a chemical reaction that absorbs heat energy from its surroundings.
  • adj. Of an animal whose body temperature is regulated by internal factors.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Designating, or pert. to, a reaction which occurs with absorption of heat; formed by such a reaction; ; -- opposed to exothermic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Relating to absorption of heat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat
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    exothermic   
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