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SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature; any spontaneous process results in an increase of entropy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("second law of thermodynamics" is a kind of...):
law of thermodynamics ((physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system)
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