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Terms vs Virial - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and virial

is that terms is while virial is (mechanics) half of the product of the stress of attraction or repulsion with the distance between two particles.

As an adjective virial is

(mechanics) of or pertaining to the interactive forces between molecules or particles or virial can be .

terms

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Noun

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    virial

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia virial) From (etyl) )

    Adjective

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  • (mechanics) Of or pertaining to the interactive forces between molecules or particles

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mechanics) Half of the product of the stress of attraction or repulsion with the distance between two particles.
  • * 1875 , , On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of Bodies'', ''Nature 11 (1875), 357-359, 374-377,
    • The quantity 1/2 Rr, or half the product of the attraction into the distance across which the attraction is exerted, is defined by Clausis [Prof. Clausis of Bonn] as the virial' of the attraction. (In the case of pressure or repulsion, the ' virial is negative.)

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

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