latent heat
nounDefinition of latent heat
: heat given off or absorbed in a process (such as fusion or vaporization) other than a change of temperature
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The actual situation now is: 1) Many appliances now use heat pumps, in which most of the heat is extracted from the latent heat in the cold outside air. — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, "Letter: Buildings can be made carbon free if they use electricity," 25 July 2019 When water vapor condenses to form clouds, latent heat (energy) is released, which helps storms intensify by warming the surrounding air and causing instability. — Molly Rubin, Quartz, "Hurricane vocabulary: The difference between a typhoon, a cyclone, and a tropical storm," 12 July 2019 The InSight Mission will look at Mars's seismic activity and latent heat to find out more about how planets get made--and how humans might live there. — Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, "Mars Lander Will Peer Inside the Red Planet," 7 May 2018 To summarize this chain of deductions, Langmuir proposed that seeding hurricanes would create ice and release latent heat; this in turn would widen the eye and reduce the destructive power of the storm. — Sam Kean, The Atlantic, "The Chemist Who Thought He Could Harness Hurricanes," 5 Sep. 2017 To summarize this chain of deductions, Langmuir proposed that seeding hurricanes would create ice and release latent heat — Sam Kean, The Atlantic, "The Chemist Who Thought He Could Harness Hurricanes," 5 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'latent heat.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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