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From ergon (work) +‎ -al (pertaining to), in analogy to thermal (pertaining to heat), coined by John Tyndall as "thermal and ergonal content" (1867, p. 357) in the translation of Rudolf Clausius' phrase Wärme- und Werkinhalt (1865).

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ergonal (comparative more ergonal, superlative most ergonal)

  1. (thermodynamics) pertaining to mechanical work

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