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Noun: heat of vaporisation
Usage: Brit (=heat of vaporization)
  1. Heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature
    - heat of vaporization

Derived forms: heats of vaporisation

Type of: heat of transformation, latent heat

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