NOUN | cognition | thermodynamics | the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy |
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Meaning | The branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy. | |
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Category of | adiabatic process | (thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat |
cyclic | conforming to the Carnot cycle | |
heat content, total heat, enthalpy, H | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure | |
randomness, entropy, S | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work | |
Narrower | thermostatics, thermodynamics of equilibrium | The aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibrium |
Broader | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
Spanish | termodinámica | |
Catalan | termodinàmica | |
Adjectives | thermodynamic, thermodynamical | of or concerned with thermodynamics |
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