Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun enthalpy

1 sense of enthalpy

Sense 1
heat content, total heat, enthalpy, H -- ((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")
       => physical property -- (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)