Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure;
- Example: "enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work"[syn: heat content, total heat, enthalpy, H]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
heat content
n 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" [syn: heat content,
total heat, enthalpy, H]