HEAT OF VAPORIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heat of vaporization mean? 

• HEAT OF VAPORIZATION (noun)
  The noun HEAT OF VAPORIZATION has 1 sense:

1. heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature

  Familiarity information: HEAT OF VAPORIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

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• HEAT OF VAPORIZATION (noun)

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Meaning:

Heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

heat of vaporisation; heat of vaporization

Hypernyms ("heat of vaporization" is a kind of...):

heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)