therm
noun
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Definition of therm
(Entry 1 of 3)
: a unit for quantity of heat that equals 100,000 British thermal units
therm-
combining form
variants:
or thermo-
Definition of therm- (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: heat
thermostat
2
: thermoelectric
thermopile
-therm
noun combining formDefinition of -therm (Entry 3 of 3)
: animal having a (specified) body temperature
ectotherm
Examples of therm in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The average residential customer in Denver used about 6,100 kilowatt hours and 724 therms in 2018, according to Xcel Energy data. — Andrew Kenney, The Denver Post, "Energy tax on Denver homes and businesses approved for 2020 ballot," 4 Sep. 2019 SUBSCRIBE TODAY Typical residential costumers are expected to see $7.04 decrease in their monthly power bills and a $0.015 drop per therm in their gas bills, the PUC said. — Michael Katz, idahostatesman, "Good news, Treasure Valley utility customers: Your bills will go down. Here's why.," 15 June 2018 The commission also expects that by the first year of implementation, statewide annual electricity consumption will be cut by about 653 gigawatt-hours and natural gas consumption reduced by 9.8 million therms. — Rob Nikolewski, sandiegouniontribune.com, "California becomes first state requiring all new homes be built with solar," 9 May 2018 Aliyev won his fourth therm in an election boycotted by major opposition parties, who accused him of authoritarianism and suppressing political dissent. — Collin Eaton, Houston Chronicle, "Oil and gas cybersecurity projects went "to the bottom of the pile" in energy slump," 12 Apr. 2018 Gas Inflation Gas for same-day delivery in the U.K. more than doubled to as high as 190 pence a therm ($26.20 a million British thermal units), broker data compiled by Bloomberg show. — Anna Shiryaevskaya, Bloomberg.com, "London Covered in Snow as Cold Snap Makes Energy Markets Shiver," 28 Feb. 2018 The energy-saving steps taken by GKN have saved the equivalent of more than 1.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity and more than 30 thousand therms of natural gas, the release said. — Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "GKN Sinter Metals in Germantown gets $145,000 for taking energy-efficiency measures," 14 Feb. 2018 The utility estimates a typical residential customer using 500 kilowatt-hours of electricity each month would see an increase of $6.13 and a typical customer using 25 therms of natural gas would spend $7.57 more on a monthly bill. — Rob Nikolewski, sandiegouniontribune.com, "SDG&E wants to raise rates 11%, starting in two years," 6 Oct. 2017 In total, the university said the construction project saved 954,533 kilowatt hours and 80,861 therm. — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, "New science building comes with $150K energy savings," 9 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'therm.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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