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emergy

emergy noun: the total energy used in the life cycle of some product; the available energy of one kind that has to be used up directly and indirectly to make a product or service.

Noun

emergy (uncountable)

  1. the total energy used in the life cycle of some product; the available energy of one kind that has to be used up directly and indirectly to make a product or service.

Origin of emergy

Blend of embodied + energy.

Words formed from emergy

Phrases with emergy

Questions about emergy

What does emergy mean?
Emergy means the total energy used in the life cycle of some product; the available energy of one kind that has to be used up directly and indirectly to make a product or service.
What part of speech is emergy?
Emergy is a noun.

Words near emergy in the dictionary

  1. emerging adults
  2. emerging market
  3. emerging markets
  4. emergingly
  5. emergings
  6. emergy
  7. emergy investment ratio
  8. emergy investment ratios
  9. emeri
  10. emericellamide
  11. emericellamides

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