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thermal capacity: see heat capacity heat capacity or thermal capacity, ratio of the change in heat energy of a unit mass of a substance to the change in temperature of the substance; like its melting point or boiling point, the heat capacity is a characteristic of a substance.
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thermal capacity [′thər·məl kə′pas·əd·ē]

(thermodynamics)

heat capacity

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