noun🔗ShareA rubber-soled lace-up canvas shoe for sports or onboard ships; a precursor of trainers."For gym class, I wore my trusty plimsolls, perfect for running on the wooden floor. "wearsportnauticalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point."The enthalpy change of the reaction, ΔH, is reported relative to a chosen standard state, and this standard state is often indicated with a plimsoll superscript: ΔH°. "theoryphysicschemistrytechnicalscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading