(physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force an…
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First law of thermodynamics
the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
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occurring without loss or gain of heat; "adiabatic expansion"
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "entha…
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure; "entha…
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.any process that is not reversible
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.of a process or change taking place at constant temperature
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.a law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature; any s…
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade
Used in the same subject area: Thermodynamics, Physics.
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(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates -or foresh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.A rule that a quantity such as energy or momentum is not lost in a closed system.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.the principle that the total linear momentum in a closed system is constant and is not affected by processes occurring inside the syst…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion pr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fundamental, principle, physics, total, energy.(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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