virial

Meanings

Adjective

  • Of or pertaining to the interactive forces between molecules or particles
  • Misspelling of viral

Noun

  • Half of the product of the stress of attraction or repulsion with the distance between two particles.

Origin

  • From Latin vīs (vīs has a hidden "r" that shows in forms such as the genitive plural, vīrium)

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