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Helmholtz function

–noun
the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its internal energy minus the product of its absolute temperature and entropy: A decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available during a reversible isothermal process.
Also called Helmholtz free energy, work function.


Origin:
named after H. L. F. von Helmholtz
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