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Re: [Phys-l] mushrooms ... and other terminology issues



Quoting John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>:

because in physics there are at least four different technical
definitions of "heat" ... in addition to innumerable non-technical
and/or metaphorical definitions. This is par for the course, by
which I mean that many, many terms have multiple definitions ...
in physics as well as in biology, mathematics, and every other
field.

Four is an underestimate.
There are at least 13 definitions of heat:
1. Interaction
2. Process
3. Energy
4. Non-mechanical energy transfer
5. Motion
6. caloric
7. enthalpy
8. entropy
9. hotness
10. verb (Romer)
11. noun (Zemansky)
12. adjective (Baierlein)
13. substance (students)


Best regards,
Alphonsus