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单词 gibbs function
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Gibbs function


noun

the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
Also called Gibbs free energy, thermodynamic potential.

Origin of Gibbs function

named after J. W. Gibbs

Words nearby Gibbs function

Gibbons, gibbosity, gibbous, Gibbs, Gibbs free energy, Gibbs function, gibbsite, Gibbs phase rule, gibbus, gibe, Gibeon
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British Dictionary definitions for Gibbs function

Gibbs function
/ (ɡɪbz) /

noun

a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joulesSymbol: G, (esp US) F Also called: Gibbs free energy, free enthalpy Compare Helmholtz function

Word Origin for Gibbs function

C19: named after Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), US physicist and mathematician
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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