| NOUN | phenomenon | latent heat, heat of transformation | heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure |
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| Meaning | heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure. | |
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| Synonym | heat of transformation | |
| Narrower | heat of condensation | heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid / liquid |
| heat of fusion | heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid / liquid at the same temperature | |
| heat of solidification | heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid / liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies | |
| heat of sublimation | heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state | |
| heat of vaporization, heat of vaporisation | heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature | |
| Broader | heat, heat energy | A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature |
| Spanish | calor latente | |
| Catalan | calor latent | |
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