| specific performance | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
| capacity | a specified function, he was employed in the capacity of director, he should be retained in his present capacity at a higher salary |
| capacity | the maximum production possible, the plant is working atper cent capacity |
| gas heat | heating system that burns natural gas |
| heat engine | any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
| heat exchanger | device that transfers heat from one liquid to another without allowing them to mix |
heating system
heating plant
heating
heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
heat lamp
infrared lamp | electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation, the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp |
| heat pump | apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings, can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building |
| heat-seeking missile | a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine) |
| heat shield | a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry |
| heat sink | a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat |
| specific | a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease, quinine is a specific for malaria |
steam heat
steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
| heat warmth passion | the trait of being intensely emotional |
| specific gravity | the density of a substance relative to the density of water |
heat content
total heat
enthalpy
H | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure, enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work |
body temperature
blood heat | temperature of the body, normally . F or C in humans, usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health |
hotness
heat high temperature | the presence of heat |
fieriness
red heat | the heat or the color of fire |
| white heat | the hotness of something heated until it turns white |
| capacity | tolerance for alcohol, he had drunk beyond his capacity |
| seating capacity | the number of people that can be seated in a vehicle or auditorium or stadium etc. |
thermal barrier
heat barrier | a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating |
| capacity | capability to perform or produce, among his gifts is his capacity for true altruism, limited runway capacity, a great capacity for growth |
brain
brainpower
learning ability
mental capacity
mentality
wit | mental ability, he's got plenty of brains but no common sense |
capacity
mental ability | the power to learn or retain knowledge, in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior |
heat
warmth | the sensation caused by heat energy |
particular
specific | a fact about some part (as opposed to general), he always reasons from the particular to the general |
| kinetic theory of heat | a theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases |
| dead heat | a tie in a race |
| heat flash | a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion) |
| heat lightning | bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings), usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds |
| heat | a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race |
capacitance
electrical capacity
capacity | an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored |
heat
heat energy | a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature |
| heat of dissociation | the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents |
| heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
| heat of solution | the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent |
latent heat
heat of transformation | heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure |
| heat of condensation | heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid, the heat of condensation is equal to the heat of vaporization |
| heat of fusion | heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature, the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification |
| heat of solidification | heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies |
| heat of sublimation | heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state |
heat of vaporization
heat of vaporisation | heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature |
| specific heat | the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade |
| heat ray | a ray that produces a thermal effect |
| heat wave | a wave of unusually hot weather |
| heat dissipation | dissipation of heat |
volume unit
capacity unit
capacity measure
cubage unit
cubic measure
cubic content unit
displacement unit
cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |