rethermalize

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ thermalize.

Verb

rethermalize (third-person singular simple present rethermalizes, present participle rethermalizing, simple past and past participle rethermalized)

1. (of food) To reheat.
2. (physics) To return to thermal equilibrium.
   • 2001, John Gillaspy, Trapping Highly Charged Ions: Fundamentals and Applications, page 45:

     The difference in energies of the ions ionized in various parts of the electron beam will then rethermalize, resulting in an increased temperature.

Derived terms

• rethermalization

References

• rethermalization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “rethermalize”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.