what does second law of thermodynamics mean?
SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS as NOUN
- 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
Hypernyms(s) second law of thermodynamics is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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