internal energy

noun

A property, characteristic of the state of a thermodynamic system, the change of which is equal to the heat absorbed minus the work done by the system.

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Meanings

nouninternal energy (countable and uncountable, plural internal energies)

plural internal energies

  1. countableuncountablenatural sciencesA property, characteristic of the state of a thermodynamic system, the change of which is equal to the heat absorbed minus the work done by the system.
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