🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Transferência de energia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tɾɐ̃sfeɾẽsɨɐ dʒi eˈneʁiɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Energy Transfer/ˈɛn.ɚ.dʒi trænsˈfɜːr/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A transferência de energia é crucial em sistemas elétricos."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of transferring energy from one object or system to another.

    "The energy transfer between the sun and the earth is crucial for sustaining life."
  2. 2

    A specific mechanism or method through which energy is moved or converted.

    "In a heat engine, energy transfer occurs through the conversion of thermal energy into mechanical work."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'energy', derived from the Ancient Greek 'energeia' meaning activity or operation, with 'transfer', originating from Latin 'transferre' meaning to carry across. Established in modern scientific discourse during the 19th-century development of thermodynamics to describe the movement of energy between physical systems.

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