| NOUN | person | Maxwell's demon | an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole |
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| Meaning | An imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics. | |
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| Instance of | imaginary being, imaginary creature | A creature / creature of the imagination |
| Catalan | Dimoni de Maxwell | |
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