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la'tent heat'



Physics.
heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at constant temperature and pressure. Cf. heat of fusion, heat of vaporization.

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

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