Concept information
Preferred term
Heat
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
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Q
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حرارة
Arabic
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热量
Chinese
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jednotka tepla
Czech
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French
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German
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ऊष्मा
Hindi
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Italian
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熱量
Japanese
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labor
Latin
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kuantiti haba Haba
Malay
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کمیت گرما
Persian
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ciepło
Polish
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quantidade de calor
Portuguese
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cantitate de căldură
Romanian
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Теплота
Russian
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toplota
Slovenian
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Spanish
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ısı miktarı
Turkish
URI
https://vocab.sentier.dev/units/quantity-kind/Heat
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