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# geothermal

«geothermal» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with the natural heat inside the Earth** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (geothermal — no other forms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To do with the natural heat inside the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#m1)

2) Geothermal energy or power is electricity or heating made from that underground heat, for example from hot water and steam deep in the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science it comes up in lessons on energy sources and volcanoes: geothermal energy is renewable and clean, used a lot in Iceland and New Zealand. In everyday life you meet it in hot springs, geysers and heat pumps. Phrases: geothermal energy, geothermal power station, geothermal heating, geothermal spring.

### examples

- Iceland gets much of its heating from geothermal energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#x1)
- The geysers at Rotorua in New Zealand are a sign of geothermal activity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#x2)
- A geothermal power station uses steam from deep underground to turn turbines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#x3)
- We swam in a warm geothermal pool on holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#x4)
- Geothermal energy is renewable because the Earth keeps making heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#x5)
- Our science project compared solar, wind and geothermal power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#x6)
- Some houses use geothermal heat pumps to stay warm in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/#x7)

### note

Built from geo (earth) + thermal (heat). An adjective, so it has no plural; it goes before a noun: geothermal energy. Say jee-oh-THER-mal. Do not mix up with geothermal and solar: solar heat comes from the Sun, geothermal heat comes from inside the Earth.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «geothermal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/geothermal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.