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enthalpy.

A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛn.θəl.piː/
  1. A measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

    countable · physical · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-, “in”) + θάλπω (thálpō, “to warm”). Coined by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, but first used in print by J. P. Dalton in 1909 in a paper titled "Researches on the Joule-Kelvin-effect, especially at low temperatures".

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