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key terms : heat transfer
Term | Definition |
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conduction | a passage through a conductor |
convection | motion in a fluid in which the hotness or coldness of something as shown in a thermometer |
radiation | energy radiation in the form of waves or particles |
temperture | the degree of hotness or coldness of something as shown by a thermometer |
matter | something that occipies space and has mass |
energy | the capacity for work to do |
heat | to make or become warm or hot |
insulator | a material that is a poor conducter of heat or electricity or a device made of such material |
dissolve | to mix or cause to mix with a liquid so that the result is a liquid that is same throughout |
solvent | a usually liquid substance capable of dissolving |