Associations to the word «Gibbs»

Wiktionary

GIBBS, proper noun. An English patronymic surname from Gibb (Gilbert).
GIBBS FREE ENERGY, noun. (physics) (chemistry) (thermodynamics) The difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy and absolute temperature: a measure of the useful work obtainable from a thermodynamic system at constant temperature and pressure.

Dictionary definition

GIBBS, noun. United States chemist (1839-1903).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats