latent heat
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Dr Galvin says this won't cool down the house because the interior walls will retain latent heat.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024
That can release an enormous amount of latent heat into the atmosphere, and through that action, it can influence storm tracks and whether they hit California.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2023
Because temperatures are generally cooler at higher altitudes, the bubble can continue to rise and grow, all the while condensing additional water vapor into cloud droplets and releasing yet more latent heat.
From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2021
The solar heat is dispersed and becomes latent heat, embodied in water vapour, to be condensed and released as rain.
From The Guardian • Apr. 3, 2017
Was Watt familiar with the concept of latent heat when he devised his new engine, and did the new theory inform his new technology?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
