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Translational Energy: The energy created by the approach and the armswing toward the focal point.

Internal Energy: Internal energy (U) is defined so that changes in internal energy (deltau) are equal to the heat absorbed or released by a process running at constant volume. While changes in internal energ . . . View Full Definition

Ionization Energy: The energy needed to remove an electron from a gaseous atom or ion.

Ionization Energy (IE): The energy required to remove the outermost electron from an atom or a positive ion in its ground level. The table lists only the first IE in eV units. To convert to kJ/mol multiply by 96.48 . . . View Full Definition

Human Energy Dynamics: This therapy, though similar to reiki, uses the English language instead of symbols. It involves setting up and normalizing polarities, as well as bringing universal energy into structures o . . . View Full Definition

Home Energy Rating System (HERS): A standardized system for rating the energy efficiency of residential buildings.

Gibbs Free Energy Of Formation: The change in Gibbs free energy that accompanies the formation of one mole of a compound from its elements in their most stable form.

Helmholtz Free Energy: A thermodynamic property that can be used to predict whether a process will occur spontaneously at constant volume and temperature. Helmholtz free energy A is defined as A = U - TS where U, . . . View Full Definition

Kinetic Energy: The energy an object possesses by virtue of its motion. An object of mass m moving at velocity v has a kinetic energy of ½mv2.

Gibbs Free Energy: A thermodynamic property devised by Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1876 to predict whether a process will occur spontaneously at constant pressure and temperature. Gibbs free energy G is defined as . . . View Full Definition