Synonyms for latent heat

Grammar : Noun

Définition of latent heat

As in specific heat : noun heat required to raise temperature

Example sentences :

Because its latent heat is partly drawn off by the surrounding air.
Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous

Are there any instances in which the abstraction of latent heat will reduce the hulk of bodies?
Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous

The latent heat of the iron or the stone is set free by the violent percussion.
Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous

You will need, therefore, to study carefully this subject of latent heat.
Extract from : « Curiosities of Heat » by Lyman B. Tefft

Call to mind what was said of the formation of vapor when we were speaking of latent heat.
Extract from : « Curiosities of Heat » by Lyman B. Tefft

That is the old and common expression, but what is meant by latent heat?
Extract from : « Curiosities of Heat » by Lyman B. Tefft

The latent heat of steam at 90 pounds gage pressure is 881 heat units.
Extract from : « Steam Engines » by Anonymous

This second quantity is called the latent heat of the steam at 100°.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 » by Various

Because the latent heat of the water passes away from between its atoms into the air; the atoms, therefore, draw closer together.
Extract from : « The Reason Why » by Anonymous

The sudden compression of air liberates its latent heat, and produces fire.
Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly Vol. 6, No. 33, July, 1860 » by Various

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