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HEAT OF SUBLIMATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heat of sublimation mean?
• HEAT OF SUBLIMATION (noun)
The noun HEAT OF SUBLIMATION has 1 sense:
1. heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state
Familiarity information: HEAT OF SUBLIMATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("heat of sublimation" is a kind of...):
heat of transformation; latent heat (heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure)
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