thermodynamic

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ther·mo·dy·nam·ic | \ ˌthər-mō-dī-ˈna-mik

, -də- \

variants: or less commonly thermodynamical \ ˌthər-mō-dī-ˈna-mi-kəl

, -də- \

Definition of thermodynamic

1 : of or relating to thermodynamics

2 : being or relating to a system of atoms, molecules, colloidal particles, or larger bodies considered as an isolated group in the study of thermodynamic processes

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Recent Examples on the Web Without quite realizing it, Maxwell connected the thermodynamic law to the issue of information. — Quanta Magazine, 26 May 2022 Part of the problem is that many people understand weight loss to be a thermodynamic issue. — Nick Heil, Outside Online, 26 Mar. 2020 Lastly, Rillieux employed the thermodynamic principle that pressure and temperature follow each other—as one changes so does the other. — Ainissa Ramirez, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2022 This is the opposite of physicists’ idea of thermodynamic equilibrium, in which energy flows into a system only to inevitably dissipate: imagine a pot of water that is brought to a rolling boil and then returned to room temperature. — Karmela Padavic-callaghan, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2022 The Big Freeze hypothesis states that the heat death of the universe will result when all of space approaches absolute zero, or a state of no thermodynamic free energy. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2022 To make it, Brooks infuses a proprietary cushion material with nitrogen through a fluid foaming process — a thermodynamic experience similar to brewing coffee. — Elizabeth Carey, Outside Online, 16 Sep. 2020 The findings suggest that the thermodynamic equations the theorists derived may hold universally for timekeeping devices. — Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021 These relationships were purely theoretical until this spring, when the experimental physicist Natalia Ares and her team at the University of Oxford reported measurements of a nanoscale clock that strongly support the new thermodynamic theory. — Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021 See More

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thermodynamic

adjective

ther·mo·dy·nam·ic | \ ˌthər-mō-dī-ˈnam-ik, -də-

variants: also thermodynamical \ -i-kəl

Medical Definition of thermodynamic

1 : of or relating to thermodynamics

2 : being or relating to a system of atoms, molecules, colloidal particles, or larger bodies considered as an isolated group in the study of thermodynamic processes