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English 1 sense of the expression latent heat:
NOUNphenomenonlatent heat, heat of transformationheat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
Englishlatent heat: 1 sense noun 1, phenomenon
Meaningheat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure.
Synonymheat of transformation
Narrowerheat of condensationheat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid / liquid
heat of fusionheat 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 solidificationheat liberated by a unit mass of liquid / liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies
heat of sublimationheat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state
heat of vaporization, heat of vaporisationheat 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
Broaderheat, heat energyA form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
Spanishcalor latente
Catalancalor latent

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