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HEAT CONTENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heat content mean?
• HEAT CONTENT (noun)
The noun HEAT CONTENT has 1 sense:
1. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
Familiarity information: HEAT CONTENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
enthalpy; H; heat content; total heat
Context example:
enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work
Hypernyms ("heat content" 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)
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