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SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does second law of thermodynamics mean? 

SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (noun)
  The noun SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS has 1 sense:

1. 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 entropyplay

  Familiarity information: SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS used as a noun is very rare.


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SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (noun)


Sense 1

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 of entropy

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("second law of thermodynamics" is a kind of...):

law of thermodynamics ((physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system)


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