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Gibbs free energy

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  • noun physics, chemistry, thermodynamics The difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy and absolute temperature: a measure of the useful work obtainable from a thermodynamic system at constant temperature and pressure.

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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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