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HEAT OF FUSION – the amount of heat necessary to
convert solid to liquid

HEAT OF SOLUTION – the heat released when a
substance is dissolved in a liquid.

HEDONISM – the idea held by the classical school,
that people only act according to what they find
pleasurable and in their self-interest.

HEDONISTIC CALCULUS – also called utilitarianism
– the belief proposed by Bentham that behavior
holds value to any individual undertaking according
to the amount of pleasure or pain that can be
expected to produce for that person.

HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY – the prevailing
idealized cultural conception of dominant
(hegemonic) masculinity involving the dominance
of women, heterosexuality, the pursuit of sexual
gratification and independence. This is a cultural
resource enacted to maintain domination over
‘subordinate masculinities’.

HEGEMONY – the dominance of one particular
ideology, resulting in the empowerment of
particular values, beliefs and practices over others
and frequently resulting in the naturalization of
those values, beliefs and practices throughout the
social body.

HELIXOMETER – used in measuring pitch of riffling
distance traveled by the bullet in one complete
rotation.

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