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Main Entry: law of thermodynamics
Function: noun
1 : CONSERVATION OF ENERGY -- called also first law of thermodynamics
2 : a law in physics: mechanical work can be derived from the heat in a body only when the body is able to communicate with another at a lower temperature or all actual spontaneous processes result in an increase of total entropy -- called also second law of thermodynamics
3 : a law in physics: at the absolute zero of temperature the entropy of any pure crystalline substance is zero and its derivative with respect to temperature is zero -- called also third law of thermodynamics