cohesive energy

English

Noun

cohesive energy (countable and uncountable, plural cohesive energies)

  1. (physics) The difference between the average energy of the free atoms and that of the atoms of a solid (especially a crystal).
  2. (chemistry) Standard enthalpy of formation of the constituent atoms from a solid phase.
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