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nounanergy (countable and uncountable, plural anergies)
plural anergies
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesDilute 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 - countableuncountablemedicineDeficiency of energy.
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- Ancient Greekἀν-“not, without”
- New Latinanergia
- Englishanergy
From New Latin anergia, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not, without”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
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Finnish anergia, anergia
- anergiaenergy which cannot be transformed into work
- anergiadeficiency of energy
- anergialack of immunity to an antigen
Indonesian anergi, anergi
- anergienergy which cannot be transformed into work
- anergideficiency of energy
- anergilack of immunity to an antigen
Polish anergia, anergia
- anergiadeficiency of energy
- anergialack of immunity to an antigen
Portuguese anergia, anergia
- anergiadeficiency of energy
- anergialack of immunity to an antigen
Swedish anergi, anergi
- anergienergy which cannot be transformed into work
- anergilack of immunity to an antigen
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anergy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anergy
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“anergy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anergy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anergy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anergy.
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