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Definition of Energy transfer
1. Noun. (physics) The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another. ¹
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Medical Definition of Energy transfer
1. The transfer of energy of a given form among different scales of motion. In biochemistry, this concept generally refers to the transfer of groups from compounds that contain energy-rich bonding arrangements to compounds that have relatively energy-poor bonding characteristics via thermodynamically permissible enzymatic reactions. This principle is a major premise of the interaction between energy-producing and energy-utilizing metabolic pathways in living cells. (12 Dec 1998)