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heat capacities

heat capacities is the plural of heat capacity.

Meaning of heat capacity

Noun

heat capacity (countable and uncountable, plural heat capacities)

  1. The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without any change of phase.
    • 500 J introduced to a system caused the temperature of the system to increase by 2 K; thus, the heat capacity is 250 J/K. If the system consists of a single material with a mass of 500 g, the specific heat capacity of that material is 500 J/K/kg.

Questions about heat capacities

What is heat capacities the plural of?
Heat capacities is the plural of heat capacity.

Words near heat capacities in the dictionary

  1. heat bank
  2. heat banks
  3. heat barrier
  4. heat burst
  5. heat bursts
  6. heat capacities
  7. heat capacity
  8. heat capacity ratio
  9. heat capacity ratios
  10. heat check
  11. heat checker

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