enthalpy

1. 1.

   (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure

   “enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work”

   Synonymsheat contenttotal heatH

   Broaderphysical property

   thermodynamics

Other forms of enthalpy

plural

enthalpies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about enthalpy

What does enthalpy mean?

enthalpy means "(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure".

How many syllables are in enthalpy?

enthalpy has 3 syllables: en-thal-py. The stress falls on "en".

What is another word for enthalpy?

Close synonyms include heat content, total heat, H. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is enthalpy a common word?

enthalpy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.