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> Suppose I bring 10 kg of trinitrotoluene into the aforementioned
> Control Volume. Does that act represent 42 megajoules of work?
> Certainly it has the ability raise a weight sky-high... but most
> people would not call this act "work". Using the word "work" in
> such idiosyncratic ways would lead to needless misunderstandings.
So that says what it isn't.
The purpose of this note is to make a more positive statement,
to say something about what it _is_.