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HEAT OF FUSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature
Example:
the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("heat of fusion" is a kind of...):
heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)
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