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The heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of a phase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heat of transformation
Antonyms: none provided
heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: heat of transformation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heat, heat energy
Narrower terms: heat of condensation, heat of fusion, heat of solidification, heat of sublimation, heat of vaporization, heat of vaporisation
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
calor latent
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Chinese Mandarin:
潛熱 /潜热
(qiánrè)
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Esperanto:
latenta varmo
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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French:
enthalpie de changement d'état
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Galician:
calor latente
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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German:
latente Wärme
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Greek:
λανθάνουσα θερμότητα
(lanthánousa thermótita)
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Indonesian:
kalor laten
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Irish:
teas folaigh
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Japanese:
潜熱
(sennetsu)
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Korean:
잠열
(jamyeol)
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Malay:
haba pendam
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Malayalam:
ലീനതാപം
(līnatāpaṁ)
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Portuguese:
calor latente
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Russian:
удельная теплота
(udelʹnaja teplota)
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Spanish:
calor latente
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Tagalog:
lingid na init
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Tamil:
மறை வெப்பம்
(maṟai veppam)
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
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Thai:
ความร้อนแฝงจําเพาะ
— heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase
