heat capacity

noun, Thermodynamics

the heat required to raise the temperature of a substance one degree.

Compare specific heat.

Origin

1900-05

Examples from the web for heat capacity

Water takes longer to warm and cool than land since it has a higher heat capacity.
The delay in reaching equilibrium is a result of the large heat capacity of the oceans.
The heat capacity of the atmosphere is only one-thousandth the heat of the oceans.
They are related by heat capacity, which depends on the different properties of the materials in the system.
heat capacity is the amount of heat required to change the temperature of a body by a given amount.
To make it short the heat capacity of spacetime is negative.
What you're missing here is some simple thermodynamics involving the notion of heat capacity.
The density of oils are about the same as is their heat capacity.
The heat capacity of the water will help absorb the heat.

British Dictionary definitions for heat capacity

heat capacity

noun

the heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by unit temperature interval under specified conditions, usually measured in joules per kelvin. Symbol: Cp (for constant pressure) or Cv (for constant volume)

heat capacity in Medicine

heat capacity n.
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one mole or one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius without change of phase. Also called thermal capacity.

heat capacity in Science

heat capacity
The ratio of the heat energy absorbed by a substance to its increase in temperature. Heat capacity is also called thermal capacity. ◇ The specific heat or specific heat capacity of a substance is the heat capacity per unit mass, usually measured in joules per kilogram per degree Kelvin. See also latent heat, thermodynamics.

heat capacity in Culture

heat capacity definition

In physics, the capability of a substance to absorb energy in the form of heat for a given increase in temperature. Materials with high heat capacities, such as water, require greater amounts of heat to increase their temperatures than do substances with low heat capacities, such as metals. (See entropy.)