TOTAL HEAT
Dictionary entry overview: What does total heat mean? • TOTAL HEAT (noun)
The noun TOTAL HEAT has 1 sense:
1. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
Familiarity information: TOTAL HEAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TOTAL HEAT (noun)
Meaning:
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
enthalpy; heat content; total heat; H
Context example:
enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work
Hypernyms ("total heat" is a kind of...):
physical property (a property used to characterize physical objects)
Domain category:
thermodynamics (the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy)
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