(physics) Energy or power transmitted out of a system in the form of heat. Also known as heat dissipation.
heat loss
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1. The net decrease in heat within a space.
2. See building heat-loss factor.
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- convection loss
- radiation loss (mechanical engineering)
- adiabatic
- collisional interactions
- Calorimetry (science)
- radiational cooling
- self-ignition temperature
- winter diet
- metabolic causes heat loss
- evaporative heat regulation (physiology)
- five-fourths power law (thermodynamics)
- water-cooled furnace (mechanical engineering)
- piping loss
- Sustainable architecture (architecture)
