THERMODYNAMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thermodynamic mean? 

• THERMODYNAMIC (adjective)
  The adjective THERMODYNAMIC has 1 sense:

1. of or concerned with thermodynamics

  Familiarity information: THERMODYNAMIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERMODYNAMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or concerned with thermodynamics

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

thermodynamic; thermodynamical

Context example:

the thermodynamic limit

Pertainym:

thermodynamics (the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy)

Derivation:

thermodynamics (the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy)

 Context examples 

A thermodynamic term used to describe the energy that may be extracted from a system at constant temperature and pressure.

(Free Energy, NCI Thesaurus)

Due to competing thermodynamic effects, however, below a certain diameter these water clusters cannot form stable ice I.

(Scientists probe the limits of ice, National Science Foundation)

A SI derived unit of molar thermodynamic energy defined as the energy equal to one joule in one mole of substance.

(Joule per Mole, NCI Thesaurus)

A basic unit of thermodynamic temperature, one of the seven base units of the International System of Units (Systeme International d'Unites, SI).

(Kelvin, NCI Thesaurus)

It is 1/273.16th of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water, This sets the size of the kelvin unit for temperature differences and defines the thermodynamic temperature of an equilibrium mixture of waters ice-liquid-vapor as 273.16 K, where 0 K is the lowest possible temperature (absolute zero).

(Kelvin, NCI Thesaurus)