ergonal

English

Etymology

From ergon (“work”) +‎ -al (“pertaining to”), in analogy to thermal (“pertaining to heat”), coined by John Tyndall as "thermal and ergonal content" (1867, p. 357) in the translation of Rudolf Clausius' phrase Wärme- und Werkinhalt (1865).

Adjective

ergonal (comparative more ergonal, superlative most ergonal)

  1. (thermodynamics) pertaining to mechanical work

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