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Entropy

A certain property of a body, expressed as a measurable quantity, such that when there is no communication of heat the quantity remains constant, but when heat enters or leaves the body the quantity increases or diminishes. If a small amount, h, of heat enters the body when its temperature is t in the thermodynamic scale the entropy of the body is increased by h / t. The entropy is regarded as measured from some standard temperature and pressure. Sometimes called the thermod

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Information 92% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Heat noun · 86% connection

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as man…

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Heat energy noun · 86% connection

a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature

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Heat of condensation noun · 86% connection

heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid; "the heat of condensation is equal to the hea…

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Heat of fusion noun · 86% connection

heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature; "the…

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Heat of solidification noun · 86% connection

heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies

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Heat of sublimation noun · 86% connection

heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state

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Heat of transformation noun · 86% connection

heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure

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Heat of vaporisation noun · 86% connection

heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature

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Heat of vaporization noun · 86% connection

heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature

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Latent heat noun · 86% connection

heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure

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Randomness noun · 86% connection

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanic…

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Specific heat noun · 86% connection

the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade

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Work noun · 86% connection

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometime…

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Containment noun · 85% connection

That which is contained; the extent; the substance.

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Electric energy noun · 85% connection

(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.

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Energy noun · 85% connection

Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies…

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Free energy noun · 85% connection

(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;…

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Magnetic energy noun · 85% connection

(physics) the potential energy of a magnetic field.

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Arrear adverb · 78% connection

To or in the rear; behind; backwards.

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One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.

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Assessment noun · 78% connection

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the mem…

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Behaviorism noun · 78% connection

an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

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Behavioristic psychology noun · 78% connection

an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

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Behaviourism noun · 78% connection

an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

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Behaviouristic psychology noun · 78% connection

an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

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Bond noun · 78% connection

That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Calefaction noun · 78% connection

The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.

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Cenotaph noun · 78% connection

An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.

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Channel noun · 78% connection

The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

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