anergy
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From New Latin anergia, from Greek an- ("not"; "without") + ergon ("work").
NounEdit
anergy (countable and uncountable, plural anergies)
- (physics) Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work.
- 2002, J. Honerkamp, Statistical Physics, p. 298
- The maximum fraction of an energy form which (in a reversible process) can be transformed into work is called exergy. The remaining part is called anergy, and this corresponds to the waste heat.
- 2002, J. Honerkamp, Statistical Physics, p. 298
- (pathology) Deficiency of energy.
- (immunology) Lack of immunity to an antigen.
SynonymsEdit
- bound energy
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TranslationsEdit
energy which cannot be transformed into work
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