heat energy

Noun
  1. A form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature (synset 111486442)
    is a type of: energy, free energy - (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
    subtypes:
    • geothermal energy - energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth
    • heat of dissociation - the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents
    • heat of formation - the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements
    • heat of solution - the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent
    • heat of transformation, latent heat - heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
    • specific heat - the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade
    same as: heat

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