thermodynamic
Concerning heat transfer
Thermodynamic describes anything relating to thermodynamics—the branch of physics concerned with heat, energy, and their transformations.
The word appears in technical contexts: thermodynamic equilibrium, thermodynamic efficiency, thermodynamic laws.
A thermodynamic process involves changes in temperature, pressure, or energy states within a system.
Quantified chaos in systems
- enthalpyThermodynamic total heat quantity
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- spontaneityActing without forethought
Having uniform pressure
- reversibleAble to be undone
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- cyclicRepeating in sequence
- expansionIncrease in scope
compression · throttling · work · spontaneous
French thermodynamics founder
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
Condition of constant balance
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- equilibrationReaching a balanced state
- fluctuationsIrregular rises and falls
- relaxationState of being unwound
Solid-to-liquid transition
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- freezingExtremely cold
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
evaporation · deposition · nucleation · supercritical · solidification · vaporization · coexistence
Area around something
entropy
Quantified chaos in systems
- enthalpyThermodynamic total heat quantity
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- spontaneityActing without forethought
isobaric
Having uniform pressure
- reversibleAble to be undone
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- cyclicRepeating in sequence
expansion · compression · throttling · work · spontaneous
Carnot
French thermodynamics founder
- efficiencyProductive without waste
- refrigerationHeat removal for preservation
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
steady-state
Condition of constant balance
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- equilibrationReaching a balanced state
- fluctuationsIrregular rises and falls
melting
Solid-to-liquid transition
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- freezingExtremely cold
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
condensation · evaporation · deposition · nucleation · supercritical · solidification · vaporization · coexistence
surroundings
Area around something
thermodynamicmechanical
Operated by machinery
kinematic · isothermal · static · Newtonian · dynamical
- thermodynamic cycleRepeating energy conversion sequence
- laws of thermodynamicsFundamental energy behavior principles
- second law of thermodynamicsDisorder inevitably increases