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heat capacity
heat death
heat engine
heat exchanger
heat exhaustion
heat island
heat lightning
heat of combustion
heat of formation
heat of solution
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heat of formation
heat of for·ma·tion


noun 
Definition:
 
heat change when substance formed: the amount of heat evolved or absorbed in the formation of one mole of a substance from its component atoms
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