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8 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
originFrom Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-, “in”) + θάλπω (thálpō, “to warm”). Coined by Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, but first used in print by J. P. Dalton in 1909 in a paper titled "Researches on the Joule-Kelvin-effect, especially at low temperatures".
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Words from these letters
- phytane 15
- phenyl 14
- phylae 14
- haply 13
- heapy 13
- phyla 13
- phyle 13
- aplenty 12
- penalty 12
- eathly 12
- hyetal 12
- hype 12