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heat' of fu'sion



Physics.
the heat absorbed by a unit mass of a given solid at its melting point that completely converts the solid to a liquid at the same temperature: equal to the heat of solidification. Cf. latent heat.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

heat of condensationheat of solidification
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