Virial

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Virial \Vir"i*al\, n. [L. vis, viris, force.] (Physics)
     A certain function relating to a system of forces and their
     points of application, -- first used by Clausius in the
     investigation of problems in molecular physics.
     [1913 Webster]