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heat capacity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without any change of phase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Examples

  • 500 J introduced to a system caused the temperature of the system to increase by 2 K; thus, the heat capacity is 250 J/K. If the system consists of a single material with a mass of 500 g, the specific heat capacity of that material is 500 J/K/kg.

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: capacitat calorífica — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Catalan: capacitat tèrmica — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Danish: varmekapacitet — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Dutch: warmtecapaciteit — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Esperanto: varmokapacito — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Finnish: lämpökapasiteetti — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • French: capacité thermique — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Galician: capacidade calorífica — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Georgian: თბოტევადობა (tboṭevadoba) — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • German: Wärmekapazität — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Greek: θερμοχωρητικότητα (thermochoritikótita) — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Hungarian: hőkapacitás — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Indonesian: kapasitas kalor — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Italian: capacità termica — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Malay: muatan haba — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Māori: kītanga wera — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Norwegian: varmekapasitet — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Portuguese: capacidade calorífica — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Portuguese: capacidade térmica — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Russian: теплоёмкость (teplojómkostʹ) — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Spanish: capacidad calorífica — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Spanish: capacidad térmica — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Swedish: värmekapacitet — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy
  • Tagalog: initing lulan — the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy