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TOTAL HEAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
Example:
enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work
Synonyms:
enthalpy; H; heat content; total heat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("total heat" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Domain category:
thermodynamics (the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy)
