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動詞

thermoconform (三人称単数 現在形 thermoconforms, 現在分詞 thermoconforming, 過去形および過去分詞形 thermoconformed)

1. (intransitive) To adopt the surrounding temperature
   • 1982, Carl Gans,; F. Harvey Pough, Biology of the reptilia‎^[1], volume 12:

     First, a reptile that thermoconforms while active (slope = 1) may still achieve a low variance in body temperature by restricting its activity to times and habitats with suitable microenvironments.

   • 2014, Encyclopedia of Ecology, OCLC 527382954, page 189:

     They must either thermoconform to their environment, if their environmental temperature is relatively constant or if they can tolerate fluctuations in T_b, or use behavioral regulatory mechanisms to maintain a T_b that is somewhat independent of environmental temperature.

関連する語

• thermoconformity