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activation energy

DEFINITIONS OF: activation energy

1

n the energy that an atomic system must acquire before a process (such as an emission or reaction) can occur

Synonyms:
energy of activation
Type of:
energy, free energy
(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs
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