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virial en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From Latin vīs (vīs has a hidden "r" that shows in forms such as the genitive plural, vīrium).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the interactive forces between molecules or particles.

virial en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Latin vīs (vīs has a hidden "r" that shows in forms such as the genitive plural, vīrium).

Meanings

1. One-half of the product of the stress of attraction or repulsion with the distance between two particles.
   • 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.) 1875, James Clerk Maxwell, “On the Dynamical Evidence of the Molecular Constitution of Bodies”, in Nature, 11 (1875), 357-359, 374-377:

Forms

Deriveds

virial theorem · virial coefficient · virialization · subvirial · supervirial · virialize

Relateds

vim · vis

virial en · ADJ · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable) Misspelling of viral.
   alt of viral