SPECIFIC HEAT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("specific heat" is a kind of...):

heat; heat energy (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)

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