WordNet
n. (physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system
Usage examples of "law of thermodynamics".
Since the Carnot cycle represents an ideal situation in which all processes are reversible, his statement is equivalent to saying that the second law of thermodynamics is not a major concern, at least to him.
The first law of thermodynamics, among many other considerations, made this a kind of cosmological hallucination, a small god's existentialism.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics describes a process that inevitably chops off extremes.
Once God is removed from the day-to-day running of the planet, and installed somewhere behind DNA biochemistry and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, it is no longer so obvious that He must be fundamental to people's daily lives.
The second law of thermodynamics can be interpreted to mean that the ENTROPY of a closed system tends towards a maximum and that its available ENERGY tends towards a minimum.
She's got the second law of thermodynamics mixed up with the second law of robotics-and doesn't understand either one.
She's got the second law of thermodynamics mixed up with the second law of robotics - and doesn't understand either one.
She's got the second law of thermodynamics mixed up with the second law of robotics -- and doesn't understand either one.
Life seems to contradict the usual rules of chemistry and physics, especially the rule known as the second law of thermodynamics, which says that things can't spontaneously get more complicated.
Some fervent believers attack the second law of thermodynamics (the heat death) for exactly this reason.