EXERGONIC

exergonic

(adjective) (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy; “diffusion is an exergonic process”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

exergonic (comparative more exergonic, superlative most exergonic)

(chemistry, of a reaction) Releasing energy (especially as heat)

Synonyms

• exothermic (only if the energy is released as heat)

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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