VIRIAL


Meaning of VIRIAL in English

ˈvirēəl noun

( -s )

Etymology: German, from Latin vires, plural, strength, power + German -ial; akin to Latin vis strength, force, violence — more at vim

: half the product of the stress due to the attraction or repulsion between two particles in space times the distance between them or in the case of more than two particles half the sum of such products taken for the entire system

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