Ergotropy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ergotropy is a noun meaning (physics) The maximum amount of work that can be obtained from a quantum system.
Meaning
(physics) The maximum amount of work that can be obtained from a quantum system.
More Meanings
- (biology) A state of active adaptation to the demands of stress or physical or mental work; arousal.
Example Sentences
This shifts the attention towards the states of ergotropy and trophotropy.
Eventually, presence of quantum correlations result in a non-vanishing thermodynamic quantity called ergotropic gap, measured by the difference between the global and local ergotropy.
Jansen's experiments on noise-induced nervous stress establish that the effect of noise is to create a higher activation of the organism, that is, a transition of the general state from trophotropy to ergotropy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ergon, potentiality, superactivation, ectropy, work, potential.
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