Definition of law of thermodynamics Law of thermodynamics
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What does law of thermodynamics mean?
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| law of thermodynamics - (physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system | ||
| law of nature, law the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale" | ||
| natural philosophy, physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" | ||
| 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; any spontaneous process results in an increase of entropy | ||
| 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 | ||
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