enthalpy

noun/ˈɛnθælpi/

Frequency rank: #19,397 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A thermodynamic quantity representing the total heat content of a system, equal to internal energy plus the product of pressure and volume.

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Example sentence

The chemist measured the enthalpy change during the reaction to determine how much heat was released.

Synonyms & related words

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