Thermed

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Having been heated or subjected to thermal energy, as in a process that changes a material by warming it
2. Treated with heat so that its temperature or physical state has been altered by thermal means
3. Warmed or processed through the application of heat, which changes the condition of the material involved

Etymology: The base of "thermed" is "therm," which comes from Greek "thermē," meaning heat. English took the Greek root in scientific coinages such as "thermometer" and "thermal," and "therm" entered as a unit of heat, equal to 100,000 British thermal units. The ending "-ed" turns the noun into an adjective, so "thermed" describes something that has been given heat, or that is equipped with heat or heating features. The Greek word also gave the Romans "thermae," their public bathhouses, which is where the link to warm water comes from.