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Part of Speech: imperfect, past participle
Results: 17
Part of Speech: noun
11. A
force in nature which is recognized in various effects,
but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation,
and which,
as manifested in fire,
the sun's rays,
mechanical action,
chemical combination, etc., becomes
directly known to us
through the sense of feeling.
In its nature heat
is a
mode if motion,
being in general a
form of molecular disturbance or vibration.
It was formerly supposed
to be a subtile,
imponderable fluid,
to which was given the name caloric.
Part of Speech: verb
Part of Speech: verb transitive
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