Meaning | A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature. |
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Synonym | heat |
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Narrower | geothermal energy | Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth |
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heat of dissociation | The heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents |
heat of formation | The heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
heat of solution | The heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent |
latent heat, heat of transformation | heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure |
specific heat | The heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade |
Broader | energy, free energy | (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work |
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Spanish | calor, energía calorífica |
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Catalan | calor, energia calorífica |
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