比熱

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 比熱, read ひねつ, denotes the physical quantity relating heat input to a material’s change in temperature.
• Basic usage: It names the thermal quantity compared for water and metal and tabulated across materials.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Not temperature itself
  • It is not a temperature reading but a value related to the heat needed to change a material’s temperature.