HEAT OF SUBLIMATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)

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