heat of condensation

heat of condensation
noun
heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid (Freq. 1)
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the heat of condensation is equal to the heat of vaporization

Hypernyms: ↑latent heat, ↑heat of transformation

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: heat evolved when a vapor changes to a liquid; specifically : the quantity of heat that is evolved when unit mass of a vapor is changed at a specified temperature to a liquid and that equals the heat of vaporization

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Physics.
the heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses to a liquid: equal to the heat of vaporization.

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