Meaning

2 senses
  1. The amount of energy produced by the complete combustion of a material or fuel. Measured in units of energy per amount of material, e.g. kJ/kg.

  2. The amount of energy available from an item of food when digested, mostly from carbohydrates and fats

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: calorific values
Singularcalorific value
Pluralcalorific values

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedenthalpy

See also

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