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Definition of Third law of thermodynamics
1. Noun. Law stating that the entropy of a substance approaches zero as its temperature approaches absolute zero.
Medical Definition of Third law of thermodynamics
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Third Law Of Thermodynamics
Literary usage of Third law of thermodynamics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"The "Third Law of Thermodynamics" and the Nernst "Heat Theorem."2>3.—One of
Planck's deductions from the quantum theory was a new thermodynamic principle ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"... employed in using the various forms of quantum theories which are in current
use. 14. The "Third Law of Thermodynamics" and the Nernst "Heat Theorem. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"The "Third Law of Thermodynamics" and the Nernst "Heat Theorem."2!3.—One of
Planck's deductions from the quantum theory was a new thermodynamic principle ..."
4. 40 Years of Entropy and the Glass Transition: Symposium Papers edited by Gregory B. McKenna, Sharon C. Glotzer (1997)
"Perhaps entropy's primacy in Einstein's mind was made more vivid through the
discovery of the Third Law of Thermodynamics by Einstein's experimental ..."
5. Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine (1879)
"THE third law of thermodynamics. 6. The quantity of heat existing in a unit of
weight of a given substance depends only on the temperature of the substance, ..."
6. The Thermodynamics of Heat-engines by Sidney Armor Reeve (1903)
"THE third law of thermodynamics For the continuous, cyclical transformation of
heat into work, within the confines of any limited portion of matter, ..."
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