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Exothermic
In biology, an exothermic or poikilothermic animal is one that requires external sources of heat (usually sunlight) to maintain its internal temperature: for example, reptiles.
In chemistry, an exothermic reaction is one that produces heat: for example, combustion.
See also endothermic, thermodynamics, chemical thermodynamics
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