latent heat

English

Noun

latent heat (countable and uncountable, plural latent heats)

(physics) the heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase

Synonyms

heat of transformation

Translations

heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase

Catalan: calor latent f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 潛熱／潜热 (zh) (qiánrè)
Esperanto: latenta varmo
French: enthalpie de changement d’état f
Galician: calor latente
German: latente Wärme f
Greek: λανθάνουσα θερμότητα f (lanthánousa thermótita)
Indonesian: kalor laten
Irish: teas folaigh m
Japanese: 潜熱 (sennetsu)
Korean: 잠열 (jamyeol)
Malay: haba pendam (ms)
Malayalam: ലീനതാപം (līnatāpaṁ)
Portuguese: calor latente m
Spanish: calor latente m
Tagalog: lingid na init
Tamil: மறை வெப்பம் (maṟai veppam)
Thai: ความร้อนแฝงจำเพาะ

Further reading

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