Definition of Law of thermodynamics

1. Noun. (physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system.


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Literary usage of Law of thermodynamics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Principles of Thermodynamics by George Alfred Goodenough (1920)
"While the first law of thermodynamics gives a relation that must be ... This principle, called the second law of thermodynamics, has been stated in many ..."

2. A Textbook of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"FIRST law of thermodynamics. Introductory Remarks—The Various Forms of Energy—The Identity of Energy— The Conservation or Constancy of Energy -Statement of ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1889)
"THIS paper represents the views of its anthor respecting the various statements of the second law of thermodynamics given by various authors of authority. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1866)
"... relations between heat and mechanical energy are summed up in two laws, called respectively the first law and the second law of thermodynamics, viz. ..."

5. Higher Mathematics for Students of Chemistry and Physics: With Special by Joseph William Mellor (1902)
"The First Law of Thermodynamics. According to the discussion at the end of the first chapter, one way of stating the first law of thermodynamics is as ..."

6. Principles of Thermodynamics by George Alfred Goodenough (1911)
"While the first law of thermodynamics gives a relation that must be ... This principle, called the second law of thermodynamics, has been stated in many ..."

7. Thermodynamics of the Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by Cecil Hobart Peabody (1909)
"FIRST law of thermodynamics. THE formal statement of the first law of thermodynamics is: Heat and mechanical energy are mutually convertible, ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The "first law of thermodynamics* is nothing but a special application of the ... The "second law of thermodynamics" is hard to explain in a limited space, ..."

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