HEAT OF FUSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heat of fusion mean? 

• HEAT OF FUSION (noun)
  The noun HEAT OF FUSION has 1 sense:

1. heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature

  Familiarity information: HEAT OF FUSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAT OF FUSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Context example:

the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification

Hypernyms ("heat of fusion" is a kind of...):

heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)