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PyrrhoTheSkeptic t1_jdossrz wrote

You have it backwards, though the feeling is the same. Cold things absorb heat. Cold is the absence of heat, and is not a thing in itself.

So, in a basement, if the walls and soil outside are cold, they will absorb heat that comes into the air, making the air cooler down there.

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allangee t1_jdpa6rx wrote

Heat is energy, and energy moves from high energy areas to low energy areas.

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Superb-Injury6903 t1_jdtkebl wrote

Correct. The term is Enthalpy

All transfer flows ‘downhill’ from hot to cold

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