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Noun: heat of fusion
  1. 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"

Derived forms: heats of fusion

Type of: heat of transformation, latent heat

Encyclopedia: Heat of fusion

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