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thermodynam.
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absolute temperature scale — Thermodynam. temperature (absolute temperature) as measured on a scale in which the hypothetical lowest limit of physical temperatures is assigned the value zero (absolute zero), as the Kelvin scale. Also called absolute scale. * * * ▪ physics… … Universalium
Boyle's law — Thermodynam. the principle that, for relatively low pressures, the pressure of an ideal gas kept at constant temperature varies inversely with the volume of the gas. Also called Mariotte s law. Cf. Gay Lussac s law. [named after R. BOYLE] * * * ▪ … Universalium
Carnot cycle — Thermodynam. an ideal cycle of reversible engine operations in which a substance at one temperature is compressed adiabatically to a second temperature, expanded isothermally at the second temperature, expanded adiabatically from the second… … Universalium
Carnot engine — Thermodynam. an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations. * * * … Universalium
Carnot refrigerator — Thermodynam. a device operating on the Carnot cycle in which the first temperature is higher than the second. * * * … Universalium
Carnot's theorem — Thermodynam. the principle that no engine operating between two given temperatures can be more efficient than a Carnot engine operating between the same temperatures. * * * … Universalium
Charles' law — Thermodynam. See Gay Lussac s law. [named after J. A. C. Charles (1746 1823), French physicist, who stated it] * * * … Universalium
