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- noun physics, chemistry, thermodynamics The difference between the
enthalpy of a system and the product of itsentropy andabsolute temperature : a measure of the useful work obtainable from a thermodynamic system at constant temperature and pressure.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Josiah Willard Gibbs.]
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For Josiah Willard Gibbs American physicist
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