Definitions for exothermic

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exothermic ex·o·ther·mic

Spelling: [ek-soh-thur-mik]

IPA: /ˌɛk soʊˈθɜr mɪk/

Exothermic is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 25 points.

You can make 491 anagrams from letters in exothermic (ceehimortx).

Definitions for exothermic

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to a chemical change that is accompanied by a liberation of heat (opposed to endothermic).

Origin of exothermic

First recorded in 1880-85; exo- + thermic

Examples for exothermic

When carbon unites chemically with oxygen, it is an exothermic reaction that gives off heat as correlated energy.

For it was a new kind which contained an exothermic ingredient.

All chemical compounds are either “endothermic” or “exothermic.”