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therm (therm) a unit of heat. The word has been used as equivalent to (a) large calorie; (b) small calorie; (c) 1000 large calories; (d) 100,000 British thermal units. therm the amount of heat input required to raise the temperature of 1000 kg of water by 1°C. One therm = 1000 kilocalories = 1 megacalorie (Mcal) = 106 megajoule. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We have saved, on the average, 5,200 decatherms and $64,000 a month. 2 million decatherms of natural gas and oil, and uses more than 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity. 50 a decatherm, where they had averaged over $7/decatherm for the first quarter. |
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