LATENT HEAT


Meaning of LATENT HEAT in English

(1) The quantity of heat absorbed or released by a substance undergoing a change of state, such as ice changing to water or water to steam, at constant temperature and pressure. (2) The heat released or absorbed per unit mass of water in a reversible, isobaric-isothermal change of phase. Also referred to as the Heat of Transformation.

Environmental engineering English vocabulary.      Английский словарь экологического инжиниринга.