THIRD LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

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

• THIRD LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (noun)
  The noun THIRD LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS has 1 sense:

1. law stating that the entropy of a substance approaches zero as its temperature approaches absolute zero

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

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• THIRD LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (noun)

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Meaning:

Law stating that the entropy of a substance approaches zero as its temperature approaches absolute zero

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

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