- any of several units of heat, as one equivalent to 1000 large calories or 100,000 British thermal units.
- variant of thermo- before a vowel: thermesthesia.
- variant of thermo- as final element in compound words: isotherm.
- thermometer.
- a unit of heat equal to 100 000 British thermal units. One therm is equal to 1.055 056 × 10 8 joules
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