(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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Reversible process
any process in which a system can be made to pass through the same states in the reverse order when the process is reversed
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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.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.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.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
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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: system, pass, states, reverse, order.(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: system, pass, states, reverse, order.One of a famous order of monks, established by St. Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century. This order was introduced into the United…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different lo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an inde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.with the terms of the relation reversed; "conversely, not all women are mothers"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.To march back, or to march in reversed order.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.One of an order of mendicant monks founded by Dominic de Guzman, in 1215. A province of the order was established in England in 1221.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.repetition of a group of words in reverse order
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: system, pass, states, reverse, order.
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