Main Entry:
law of thermodynamics Function:
noun 1 : CONSERVATION OF ENERGYcalled 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 anotherat 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 theabsolute 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
