Anergy vs Abd - What's the difference?
anergy | abd |
(physics) Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work.
:::The maximum fraction of an energy form which (in a reversible process) can be transformed into work is called exergy. The remaining part is called anergy , and this corresponds to the waste heat.Honerkamp, J. ? Statistical Physics ? Springer, 2002, p. 298
:::To be useful, internal energy has to be concentrated. The more dilute or disorganized the internal energy, the less useful it is ...Newman, Jay ? Physics of the Life Sciences ? Springer, 2008, p. 336
(pathology) Deficiency of energy.
(immunology) Lack of immunity to an antigen.
(academics) all but dissertation: A description of the status of a doctoral student who has completed all PhD degree requirements except the doctoral dissertation.
* 2001 , John Siegfried and Wendy Stock, "So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics?: How Long Do You Think It Will Take?" The Journal of Human Resources , vol. 36, no. 2, p. 366:
As a noun anergy
is (physics) dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work.As an abbreviation abd is
.As an initialism abd is
(academics) all but dissertation: a description of the status of a doctoral student who has completed all phd degree requirements except the doctoral dissertation.anergy
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(Abbreviation) (head)Initialism
(Initialism) (head)- The most common reason for such episodes is that a student takes a job before completing a thesis, usually after attaining ABD (all but dissertation) status.