Associations to the word «Enthalpy»

Wiktionary

ENTHALPY, noun. (physics) (chemistry) In thermodynamics, a measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.

Dictionary definition

ENTHALPY, noun. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats