Meaning | (physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system. |
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Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
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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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | ley de la termodinámica |
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Catalan | llei de la termodinàmica |
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