Encyclopediaheatheat, nonmechanical energy in transit, associated with differences in temperature between a system and its surroundings or between parts of the same system. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on heat from Fact Monster:
- latent heat - latent heat latent heat, heat change associated with a change of state or phase (see states of ...
- specific heat - specific heat specific heat, ratio of the heat capacity of a substance to the heat capacity of a ...
- Dog Days of Summer - Dog Days of Summer The origins of the name for the most sultry days of the season Source: Columbia ...
- heating - heating heating, means of making a building comfortably warm relative to a colder outside ...
- prickly heat - prickly heat prickly heat (miliaria), inflammatory skin eruption due to obstruction of the sweat ...
See more Encyclopedia articles on: Physics
|