heat capacity

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Noun

heat capacity (plural heat capacities)

1. (physics) The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without any change of phase.

   500 J introduced to a system caused the temperature of the system to increase by 2 K; thus, the heat capacity is 250 J/K. If the system consists of a single material with a mass of 500 g, the specific heat capacity of that material is 500 J/K/kg.

Translations

the capability of a substance to absorb heat energy

• Catalan: capacitat calorífica f, capacitat tèrmica f
• Danish: varmekapacitet c
• Dutch: warmtecapaciteit (nl) f
• Esperanto: varmokapacito
• Finnish: lämpökapasiteetti
• French: capacité thermique (fr) f
• Galician: capacidade calorífica f
• Georgian: თბოტევადობა (tboṭevadoba)
• German: Wärmekapazität
• Greek: θερμοχωρητικότητα (el) f (thermochoritikótita)
• Hungarian: hőkapacitás (hu)
• Indonesian: kapasitas kalor
• Italian: capacità termica f
• Malay: muatan haba
• Maori: kītanga wera
• Norwegian: varmekapasitet
• Portuguese: capacidade calorífica f, capacidade térmica f
• Russian: теплоёмкость (ru) f (teplojómkostʹ)
• Spanish: capacidad calorífica f, capacidad térmica f
• Swedish: värmekapacitet
• Tagalog: initing lulan