heat-releasing

1. 1.

   (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat

   Synonymsexothermicexothermal

Questions about heat-releasing

What does heat-releasing mean?

heat-releasing means "(of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat".

How many syllables are in heat-releasing?

heat-releasing has 6 syllables: he-a-t-re-le-a-sing. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for heat-releasing?

Close synonyms include exothermic, exothermal. 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-releasing a common word?

heat-releasing 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.