Etymology

exergy

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Today it means: Concentrated or organized energy, which can be exported and do work in the process. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἐξ
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐξ“out of, away from”
  2. English todayexergy

The term "exergy" was coined in 1956 by Zoran Rant (1904–1972) from Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of, away from”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἐξ all →

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