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    LATENT HEAT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressureplay

    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)

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