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noun
The amount of heat needed to change a unit mass of material from a liquid to a gas at its boiling point
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: heat of vaporisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: latent heat, heat of transformation
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