noun
- Plural of nonthermal; particles or radiation that do not originate from or depend on thermal processes or thermal equilibrium.
Usage: technical; physics; astronomy
Examples
- The observatory detected nonthermals emissions from the supernova remnant.
- Nonthermals particles in the solar wind can affect Earth's magnetosphere.
- Astrophysicists study nonthermals radiation to understand high-energy cosmic events.
- The gamma-ray burst produced nonthermals X-rays that were captured by satellites.