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ergal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
er-gal
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

potential energy; negative value of the force function

Archaic

Etymology

Coined by Rudolf Clausius in 1870 (On a Mechanical Theorem Applicable to Heat), derived from Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

ergals (plural)

Questions

What does ergal mean?
potential energy; negative value of the force function
Where does ergal come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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