heat content
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- noun
- /hiːt ˈkɒntɛnt/
- Specialized
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contenido de calor
- Now, finally, we can measure Earth's energy imbalance precisely by measuring the heat content in Earth's heat reservoirs.
Now, finally, we can measure Earth's energy imbalance precisely by measuring the heat content in Earth's heat reservoirs.
- Now, finally, we can measure Earth's energy imbalance precisely by measuring the heat content in Earth's heat reservoirs.
- But the heat content is not very high because Corona, it's very tenuous, very few particles.
Examples
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And this short-term buildup of heat content provided the fuel for the 1997/98 El Niño.
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The researchers measured the heat content of the system to understand its energy dynamics.
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Heat flows from high temperature to low temperature, not from high heat content to low heat content.
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And it also added to the Tropical Pacific Ocean heat content.
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I'm writing a post on the effects of increasing Atlantic heat content on U.S. weather.
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If one reduces radiation and increases conduction, the heat content and temperature will rise given the same energy input.
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And ocean heat content is not rising, as the ARGO buoy network shows.
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These factors also result in the low decomposition rate and high heat content of pine needles.
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Arguing that increasing heat content in the troposphere is unrelated to temperature is a very silly position to take.
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The current OHC measurements showing ocean heat content falling or static in nearly all major ocean basins would tend to support this.
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Synonyms
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A measure of the total heat inside a system used in energy changes
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The amount of energy inside a system plus its pressure times its volume
Surface Forms
Morphology
The combination of 'heat' and 'content' yields an immediately understandable general sense — the amount of heat/energy contained in a system — so learners who know the words will grasp the basic idea. However, the precise thermodynamic meaning (enthalpy = internal energy + p·V) and its distinction from related technical concepts require domain knowledge and are not derivable from the constituents alone, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The noun heat content comes from the simple idea of how much heat is held inside something—the content of that thing. Imagine a closed box of warm air and think about the heat inside; that image explains why it means 'how much energy a system has' and how much energy it can give.