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unavailable energy

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unavailable energy [¦ən·ə¦vāl·ə·bəl ′en·ər·jē]
(thermodynamics)
That part of the energy which, when an irreversible process takes place, is initially in a form completely available for work and is converted to a form completely unavailable for work.


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