heat of solidification

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   heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies

   Broaderlatent heat

Questions about heat of solidification

What does heat of solidification mean?

heat of solidification means "heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies".

Is heat of solidification a common word?

heat of solidification 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.