geothermy

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, geo- (“earth, ground”) +‎ -thermy (“heat”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: jē′-ō-thûr′-mē
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊˌθɜɹ.mi/

Noun

geothermy (usually uncountable, plural geothermies)

  1. (geology) The heat produced by the natural processes of the Earth, including heat from the undercrust, plate tectonics, volcanism, and other sources.
  2. (electrical engineering) The process and practice of harvesting heat produced by the Earth to be used as an energy source.
  3. (geology) The study of heat produced naturally by the Earth, usually considered a subdiscipline of geophysics.
    Synonym: geothermics
    • 1972 May, “New Methods of Studying Noise and Vibration and Cybernetic Diagnosis of Machines and Mechanisms”, in K. M. Ragul'skis, editor, NASA Technical Translation‎[1], number NASA TT F-694, Washington, D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, page 55:
      A method was worked out by the Geothermy Laboratory of the O. Yu. Schmidt institute of Earth Physics (Lyubimova et al., 1964 b) which utilizes the principles of heat convection from a momentary linear source (Tikhonov, Samarskiy, 1953).
    • 1978 March 16, V. T. Balobaev, V. N. Devyatkin, I. M. Kutasov, “Contemporary Geothermal Conditions of the Existence and Development of Permafrost”, in Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde, editors, Permafrost: Second International Conference‎[2], National Academy of Sciences, page 8:
      However, in geothermy, as in any other area of geophysics, it is often necessary to solve an inverse problem.

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  • DDC Retrieval and Indexing Terminology‎[3], United States Defense Documentation Center, May 1979, page 44
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