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Define the following.
(a) Underground water
(b) Latent heat of fusion of ice

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(a) Underground water is defined as the water which percolates through the upper layer of the earth's surface and gets collected on the solid rocks beneath.
(b) Latent heat of fusion is defined as the amount of heat required to convert 1 gram of ice (solid) into water at its freezing point.
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