English Explanatory Dictionary

ergal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. potential energy; negative value of the force function

Word forms

ergal ergals

Etymology

Coined by Rudolf Clausius in 1870 (On a Mechanical Theorem Applicable to Heat), derived from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

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