# mechanocaloric

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Describing the production of heat by mechanical means, but especially the heating of liquid helium as some of it (the coldest atoms) escapes through minute pores.

## Etymology
From mechano- + caloric.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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