Johnson Glossary of terms for thermal physiology

times a year (monthly) by the American Physiological Society, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda MD physiology, especially those papers emphasizing adaptive and integrative mechanisms. It is published 12 publishes original papers that deal with diverse area of research in applied PREFACE THE PURPOSE of the Glossary is to improve precision of meaning and uniformity in the usage of technical terms in thermal physiology. Two circumstances in particular make this desirable: 1) the increasing use of English as the principal language for international scientific communication, and 2) the use of computers for rapid information processing and retrieval. The following paragraphs explain the use of the Glossary. Units Units used in the Glossary are based on the Systeme Internationale (SI). Wh ere such units would be inconveniently small or large SI convention permits increases or decreases by multiples of 103, e.g., m to mm (m X 10m3) or to nm (m X log), but not to cm (m X 1O-2). The basic,