ZEROTH LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS

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

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

1. 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

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

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• ZEROTH LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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