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LATENT HEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
Synonyms:
heat of transformation; latent heat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("latent heat" is a kind of...):
heat; heat energy (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "latent heat"):
heat of condensation (heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a 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 at the same temperature)
heat of solidification (heat liberated by a unit mass of 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 vaporisation; heat of vaporization (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)
