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HEAT ENERGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
Synonyms:
heat; heat energy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("heat energy" is a kind of...):
energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat energy"):
geothermal energy (energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth)
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)
heat of transformation; latent heat (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)
