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ENTHALPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does enthalpy mean? 

ENTHALPY (noun)
  The noun ENTHALPY has 1 sense:

1. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressureplay

  Familiarity information: ENTHALPY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENTHALPY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

enthalpy; H; heat content; total heat

Context example:

enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work

Hypernyms ("enthalpy" is a kind of...):

physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)

Domain category:

thermodynamics (the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy)


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