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ShareIn physics, heat is a form of energy associated with the motion of atoms, molecules and other particles which comprise matter; generally defined as energy in motion.
The amount of heat exchanged by an object when its temperature varies by one degree is called heat capacity.
For more information about the topic Heat, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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