is: an archaic term which casts heat as a 'form' of energy, that is still sometimes used to refer to part or all of the internal energy of a system.
is exemplified: by the statement that when one body collides inelastically with another, part of the kinetic energy is transformed into heat energy which results in a rise in temperature of the colliding bodies. [P5.2]
See heat.
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