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Jus de pomme(recipes)
pomme(dictionary)
pomme de terre(dictionary)
pomme d'apis(dictionary)
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energy(medicine)
CMS Energy(finance)

pomme de terre (iou) and energy, equipartition of (sh)


pomme de terre (iou)



pomme de terre noun. Pl. pommes de terre (pronounced same). E19.
[French, lit. 'apple of the earth'.]
Cookery. A potato.

energy, equipartition of (sh)




Law of statistical mechanics stating that, in a system in thermal equilibrium, on average, an equal amount of energy is associated with each independent energy state.

It states specifically that a system of particles in equilibrium at absolute temperature T will have an average energy of 12kT, where k is the Boltzmann constant, associated with each degree of freedom. For example, an atom of a gas has three degrees of freedom (its three position coordinates); therefore, it will have an average total energy of 32kT.