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HEAT OF VAPORISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heat of vaporisation mean?
• HEAT OF VAPORISATION (noun)
The noun HEAT OF VAPORISATION has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: HEAT OF VAPORISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
heat of vaporisation; heat of vaporization
Hypernyms ("heat of vaporisation" is a kind of...):
heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)
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