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Wärme  

Definition

  • "Heat" is the energy transferred by a thermal process. Heat can be measured in terms of the dynamical units of energy, as the erg, joule, etc., or in terms of the amount of energy required to produce a definite thermal change in some substance, as, for example, the energy required per degree to raise the temperature of a unit mass of water at some temperature ( calorie, Btu).

Entry terms

  • Q

Note

  • "Heat" is the energy transferred by a thermal process. Heat can be measured in terms of the dynamical units of energy, as the erg, joule, etc., or in terms of the amount of energy required to produce a definite thermal change in some substance, as, for example, the energy required per degree to raise the temperature of a unit mass of water at some temperature ( calorie, Btu).

In other languages

  • Q

  • حرارة

    Arabic

  • 热量

    Chinese

  • jednotka tepla

    Czech

  • English

  • French

  • ऊष्मा

    Hindi

  • Italian

  • 熱量

    Japanese

  • labor

    Latin

  • kuantiti haba Haba

    Malay

  • کمیت گرما

    Persian

  • ciepło

    Polish

  • quantidade de calor

    Portuguese

  • cantitate de căldură

    Romanian

  • Теплота

    Russian

  • toplota

    Slovenian

  • Spanish

  • ısı miktarı

    Turkish

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https://vocab.sentier.dev/units/quantity-kind/Heat

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