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Thermodynamics

//ˌθɜː(ɹ)moʊdaɪˈnæmɪks// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy. uncountable

    "“3D photochemistry plays a huge role because it provides heating or cooling, which can affect the thermodynamics and perhaps the atmospheric composition of a planetary system,” Chen said."

  2. 2
    the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy wordnet

Etymology

From thermo- + dynamics. First attested in the 1850s.

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