SPECIFIC HEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does specific heat mean? 

• SPECIFIC HEAT (noun)
  The noun SPECIFIC HEAT has 1 sense:

1. the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECIFIC HEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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

heat; heat energy (a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature)

 Context examples 

A non-SI unit of energy defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water by one degree (from 3.5 to 4.5 C or from 276.65 to 277.65 K) under standard conditions with the specific heat of the water at 4 degrees Celsius and the constant pressure of 101.325 kPa or one atm being defined as unity.

(Calorie 4 Degrees Celsius, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water by one degree (from 19.5 to 20.5 C or from 292.65 to 293.65 K) under standard conditions with the specific heat of the water at 20 degrees Celsius and the constant pressure of 101.325 kPa or one atm being defined as unity.

(Calorie 20 Degrees Celsius, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water by one degree (from 14.5 to 15.5 C or from 287.65 to 288.65 K) under standard conditions with the specific heat of the water at 15 degrees Celsius and the constant pressure of 101.325 kPa or one atm being defined as unity.

(Calorie 15 Degrees Celsius, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of pure water by one degree Centigrade under standard conditions (the specific heat of the water at 15 degrees Celsius and the constant pressure of 101.325 kPa or one atm being defined as unity), equal to approximately 4.1855 kJ.

(Calorie, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-SI unit of energy defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water by one degree Centigrade under standard conditions (the specific heat of the water at 3.98, 14.5, or 19.5 degrees Celcius and the constant pressure of 101.325 kPa or one atm being defined as unity), equal to approximately 4.184 J.

(Calorie, NCI Thesaurus)