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emergy

noun

Etymology

Blend of embodied + energy.

  1. derived from ἐνέργεια
  2. derived from energia
  3. derived from énergie
  4. compounded as emergy — “embodied + energy”

Definitions

  1. the total energy used in the life cycle of some product

    the total energy used in the life cycle of some product; the available energy of one kind that has to be used up directly and indirectly to make a product or service.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for emergy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA