heat content

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   (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure

   “enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work”

   Synonymstotal heatenthalpyH

   Broaderphysical property

   thermodynamics

Questions about heat content

What does heat content mean?

heat content means "(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure".

What is another word for heat content?

Close synonyms include total heat, enthalpy, H. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is heat content a common word?

heat content is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.