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thermal

column of rising air in the lower altitudes of Earth's atmosphere
Class type of: convection, vertical draft Q752823

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
convection, vertical draft
Part of
atmosphere of Earth[3]
Sport
gliding[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en thermal ar عمود دافئ da Termik da Hot spot de Sonnenbö de Thermik de Blauthermik es Termales es Termica es Térmica es Corrientes termicas es Columna termica es Columna térmica es Corrientes térmicas es Corriente termica es Corriente térmica es Termal fa ستون گرمایی fi Termiikki fr Bulles de convection
🔖 Identifiers · 12
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2004007841
GND ID
4185121-3
OpenAlex ID
C204530211
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Thermal column.svg ↗
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/7877
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/thermal
Freebase ID
/m/01zpf2
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4188875
J9U entity ID
987007566314505171
Lex ID
termik
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
204530211
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
11539078-n

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 2
convection, vertical draft
Part of 1
atmosphere of Earth
Sport 1
gliding
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Summary

thermal is a type of convection[1] and vertical draft[2].

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → gliding
    Part of → atmosphere of Earth
    Subclass of → convection, vertical draft
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007566314505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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