transformity

Noun

Meaning

transformity (countable and uncountable, plural transformities)

(ecology, thermodynamics) The ratio of emergy to available energy.

Examples

Right: An expanded three link energy food chain (1. plants, 2. herbivores, 3. carnivores) illustrating the relationship between food flow diagrams and energy transformity. Source: Internet

The transformity of energy becomes degraded, dispersed, and diminished from higher quality to lesser quantity as the energy within a food chain flows from one trophic species into another. Source: Internet

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