Usually means: Absence of heat transfer ability.
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  1. athermancy: Merriam-Webster
  2. athermancy: Collins English Dictionary
  3. athermancy: Wordnik
  4. athermancy: Wiktionary
  5. athermancy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Athermancy, athermancy: Dictionary.com
  7. Athermancy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. athermancy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Athermancy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. athermancy: FreeDictionary.org
  11. athermancy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. athermancy: Merriam-Webster

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  1. athermancy: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (athermancy)

noun:  Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat; the quality of being a good insulator.

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