dictionary help| latent heat | medical dictionary |
The amount of heat that a substance may absorb without an increase in temperature, as in conversion from solid to liquid state (ice to water at 0°C), or from liquid to gaseous state (water to steam at 100°C).
Compare: sensible heat.
(05 Mar 2000)
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