HEAT UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heat unit mean? 

• HEAT UNIT (noun)
  The noun HEAT UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a unit of measurement for work

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEAT UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A unit of measurement for work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

energy unit; heat unit; work unit

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

unit; unit of measurement (any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heat unit"):

erg (a cgs unit of work or energy; the work done by a force of one dyne acting over a distance of one centimeter)

electron volt; eV (a unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 volt)

J; joule; watt second (a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second)

calorie; gram calorie; small calorie (unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure)

Calorie; kilocalorie; kilogram calorie; large calorie; nutritionist's calorie (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food)

B.Th.U.; British thermal unit; BTU (a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories)

therm (a unit of heat equal to 100,000 British thermal units)

watt-hour (a unit of energy equal to the power of one watt operating for one hour)

B.T.U.; Board of Trade unit; kilowatt hour; kW-hr (a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour)

foot-pound (a unit of work equal to a force of one pound moving through a distance of one foot)

foot-ton (2240 foot-pounds)

foot-poundal (a unit of work equal to a force of one poundal moving through a distance of one foot)

horsepower-hour (a unit of work equal to the work done by one horsepower in one hour)

kilogram-meter (a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter)

 Context examples 

The hotness, which measured 1.5 million Scoville heat units (SHU) in 2008, now measures only 0.4 SHU.

(Scientists claim decrease in hotness of Bhut Jolokia, Wikinews)