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Thermodynamics

Therˊmo-dy-nam′ics

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Noun.

The science which treats of the mechanical action or relations of heat.

Definition 2025

thermodynamics

thermodynamics

English

Noun

thermodynamics ‎(uncountable)

(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

Derived terms

thermodynamicist

Translations

science of heat-energy conversion

Albanian: termodinamikë (sq) f
Arabic: دِينَامِيكَا حَرَارِيَّة f ‎(dīnāmīkā ḥarāriyya)
Assamese: তাপগতি বিজ্ঞান ‎(tāpôgôti bijñān)
Bavarian: wärmeleah
Bengali: তাপগতিবিজ্ঞান ‎(tāpôgôtibijñān)
Bulgarian: топлосила ‎(toplosila)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱力學 (zh), 热力学 (zh) ‎(rèlìxué)
Czech: termodynamika (cs) f
Danish: varmelære
Dutch: thermodynamica (nl) f
Finnish: termodynamiikka (fi), lämpöoppi (fi)
French: thermodynamique (fr) f
Galician: termodinámica (gl) f
German: Thermodynamik (de) f, Wärmelehre (de)
Greek: θερμοδυναμική (el) f ‎(thermodynamikí)
Gujarati: ઉષ્માગતિવિદ્યા ‎(uṣmāgatividyā)
Hebrew: תֶּרְמוֹדִינָמִיקָה (he)
Hindi: उष्मागतिकी ‎(uṣmāgatikī)
Hungarian: hőtan (hu)
Icelandic: varmafræði

Irish: teirmidinimic f
Japanese: 熱力学 (ja) ‎(ねつりきがく, netsurikigaku)
Korean: 열역학 (ko) ‎(yeor-yeok-hak) (熱力學 (ko))
Low German:
German Low German: Warmslehr
Malay: kaji gerak haba, termodinamik
Malayalam: താപഗതികം (ml) ‎(tāpagatikaṃ)
Marathi: ऊष्मगतिकी ‎(ūṣmagatikī), ऊष्मगतिशास्त्र ‎(ūṣmagatiśāstra)
Mongolian: илч зүй ‎(ilč züj)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: termodynamikk m

Nynorsk: termodynamikk m, varmelære
Polish: termodynamika (pl) f
Portuguese: termodinâmica f
Russian: термодина́мика (ru) f ‎(termodinámika)
Slovene: termodinamika (sl) f
Spanish: termodinámica (es) f
Swedish: termodynamik (sv) c, värmelära
Tagalog: initsigan
Tamil: வெப்ப இயக்கவியல் ‎(veppa iyakkaviyal)
Vietnamese: nhiệt động học (vi), nhiệt động lực học
Voro: lämmäoppus

See also

temperature
pressure
enthalpy
entropy
zeroth law of thermodynamics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
first law of thermodynamics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
second law of thermodynamics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
third law of thermodynamics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia