thermodynamic equilibrium

collocation in English

meaningsofthermodynamicandequilibrium

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thermodynamic
adjective[before noun]
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/ˌθɜː.məʊ.daɪˈnæm.ɪk/us
/ˌθɝː.moʊ.daɪˈnæm.ɪk/
relating to thermodynamics (= the area of physics connected with the action of heat and other types ...
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equilibrium
noun[S or U]
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/ˌek.wɪˈlɪb.ri.əm/us
/ˌiː.kwəˈlɪb.ri.əm/
a state ...
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Statistical mechanics of highly charged ions in localthermodynamicequilibrium.
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Such systems are, therefore, not atthermodynamicequilibrium, or even tending towards equilibrium.
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The indispensable numerical method of characteristics is outlined with admirable conciseness and clarity for flows that are either frozen or inthermodynamicequilibrium.
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The system is assumed to be inthermodynamicequilibrium.
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It is assumed that the plasma is close tothermodynamicequilibrium.
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This ' distribution ' defines thethermodynamicequilibriumstate of the particle.
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These systems exist far fromthermodynamicequilibrium, where the rapid flow of energy toward equilibrium links elements into orderly arrangements.
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The eutectic point defines the composition of the melt at the minimum temperature at which, underthermodynamicequilibrium, it is in the liquid state.
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The fluxless solution, also called thethermodynamicequilibriumsolution, corresponds to the equipartition state for which the flux of energy is zero.
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Modeling of these events is complicated by the fact that at high velocities, solidification fronts may be far fromthermodynamicequilibrium.
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Thus, this simple system operates continuously and automatically on the basis of two natural laws:thermodynamicequilibriumand cellular metabolism.
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Viscous flows are introduced with a chapter on boundary layers (mainly laminar) assumed again to be either frozen or inthermodynamicequilibrium.
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For the equation of state and the ionization degree, the approximation of localthermodynamicequilibrium is used separately for the electron and ion components.
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Rate of protein folding near the point ofthermodynamicequilibriumbetween the coil and the most stable chain fold.
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The implication of this view is that dehydrated desiccation-tolerant tissues are not atthermodynamicequilibrium.
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Assuming a localthermodynamicequilibriumduring the fast laser heating, the plasma can be considered to be a blackbody radiator.
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Plasmas that are not inthermodynamicequilibriummay exhibit two electron temperatures.
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We assume that the conditions for the localthermodynamicequilibriumare satisfied.
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In addition, biological interactions are essentially ' dynamic ' rather than ' static ' : biological systems are never atthermodynamicequilibrium, and are not, rigorously speaking, closed systems.
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