virial
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Relating to the energy and force balance in a group of particles
- adjective
- /ˈvɪr.i.əl/
- Specialized
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virial
- But additional processes must take place before stars and black holes can form in those dark-matter-dominated halos, which have masses of about 10,000 solar masses (Mo) and a characteristic gravitational potential energy (the technical term is "virial temperature") on the order of a few hundred kelvin.
Examples
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The researchers studied the virial forces acting on particles within the gas to understand their behavior under different conditions.
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In physics, the concept of virial temperature explains the balance between kinetic and potential energy in a gravitational system.
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But coming back to thermodynamics, this impression that many students have about thermodynamics being all about Maxwell relations, Carnot cycles, and virial theorems is rather misleading.
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Understanding the virial relation is essential for calculating the stability of clusters in astrophysics.
Surface Forms
virial positive
Etymology
Virial comes from the Latin root vis meaning 'force' or 'power'. That's why virial is used for things about energy, forces and how a system stays in balance.