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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">Pertaining to [[temperature]] or [[heat]].</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A discrete buoyant element in which the [[buoyancy]] is confined to a limited volume of fluid.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph"><br/>''See'' [[plume]].</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A relatively small-scale, rising current of air produced when the [[atmosphere]] is heated enough  locally by the earth's surface to produce [[absolute instability]] in its lowest [[layers]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The use of this term is usually reserved to denote those currents either too small and/or too  dry to produce convective clouds; thus, thermals are a common [[source]] of low-level [[clear-air  turbulence]]. It is generally believed that the term originated in glider flying, and it is still very  commonly used in this reference.</div><br/> </div>
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