latent heat [L, latere, to be concealed; AS, haetu] , the heat absorbed by a substance when it changes from a solid to a liquid or from a liquid to a gas without an accompanying rise in temperature.
latent heat
latent heat [L, latere, to be concealed; AS, haetu] , the heat absorbed by a substance when it changes from a solid to a liquid or from a liquid to a gas without an accompanying rise in temperature.