Gibbs free energy

Meaning

Noun

The difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy and absolute temperature: a measure of the useful work obtainable from a thermodynamic system at constant temperature and pressure.

Origin

For Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist.

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