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anergia

anergia is the alternative form of anergy.

Meaning of anergy

Noun

anergy (countable and uncountable, plural anergies)

  1. Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work; bound energy
    • 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, page 298
  2. Deficiency of energy.
  3. Lack of immunity to an antigen.

Questions about anergia

What is anergia the alternative form of?
Anergia is the alternative form of anergy.

Words near anergia in the dictionary

  1. aneponymous
  2. anergasia
  3. anergasias
  4. anergastic
  5. anergetic
  6. anergia
  7. anergic
  8. anergically
  9. anergies
  10. anergised
  11. anergistic

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