calorific value

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calorific value

The calories or thermal units contained in one unit of a substance and released when the substance is burned.

calorific value

(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) the quantity of heat produced by the complete combustion of a given mass of a fuel, usually expressed in joules per kilogram

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calorific value

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