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total heat

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noun

  1. another term for enthalpy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Using long term observations from 20 U.S. estuaries, the researchers developed a way to measure total heat exposure by viewing marine heatwaves as part of broader warming episodes rather than as isolated events.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

When the new measurements are combined with the heat previously detected at the active south pole, Enceladus' total heat loss reaches about 54 gigawatts.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2025

The value for gross productivity of primary producers and total heat and respiration is same as primary producers provide energy to primary consumers and secondary consumers only.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Converting the quantities in J to kJ permits them to be summed, yielding the total heat required:

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

Minimum thermal conductance occurs when total heat transfer through these layers is reduced to its lowest possible rate.

From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Kathleen P. Mahlke-Johnson

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