law_of_thermodynamics (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *law of thermodynamics*:
NOUN	cognition	law of thermodynamics	(physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system

English > *law of thermodynamics*: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
Meaning	(physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system.
Category	physics, natural philosophy	The science of matter and energy and their interactions
Narrower	conservation of energy, law of conservation of energy, first law of thermodynamics	The fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
	second law of thermodynamics	A law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature
	third law of thermodynamics	law stating that the entropy of a substance approaches zero as its temperature approaches absolute zero
	zeroth law of thermodynamics	The law that if two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body then the first two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with each other
Broader	law, law of nature	A generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
Spanish	ley de la termodinámica
Catalan	llei de la termodinàmica

HyperDic: law_of_thermodynamics