MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT


Meaning of MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT in English

(in any system of physical units) the number of units of work or energy equal to one unit of heat, as 4.1858 joules, which equals one small calorie.

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .