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mechanical equivalent of heat
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Medical Definition of MECHANICAL EQUIVALENT OF HEAT
: the value of a unit quantity of heat in terms of mechanical work units with its most probable value in cgs measure being 4.1855 × 107 ergs per calorie—symbol J; called also Joule's equivalent
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