| NOUN | cognition | 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 |
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| Meaning | A law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature; any spontaneous process results in an increase / increase of entropy. | |
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| Broader | law of thermodynamics | (physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system |
| Spanish | segunda ley de la termodinámica | |
| Catalan | segona llei de la termodinàmica, segon principi de la termodinàmica | |
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