Exothermic

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

In chemistry, an exothermic reaction is one that produces heat: for example, combustion. See also thermodynamics, chemical thermodynamics.

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