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61Thermometer — A clinical mercury in glass thermometer …
62cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …
63physical science, principles of — Introduction the procedures and concepts employed by those who study the inorganic world. physical science, like all the natural sciences, is concerned with describing and relating to one another those experiences of the surrounding… …
64Absolute zero — For other uses, see Absolute Zero (disambiguation). Absolute zero is the theoretical temperature at which entropy reaches its minimum value. The laws of thermodynamics state that absolute zero cannot be reached using only thermodynamic means. A… …
65Crystal growth — Crystallization Concepts …
66Fluctuation theorem — The fluctuation theorem (FT) is a theorem from statistical mechanics dealing with the relative probability that the entropy of a system which is currently away from thermodynamic equilibrium (maximum entropy) will increase or decrease over a… …
67Loschmidt's paradox — Loschmidt s paradox, also known as the reversibility paradox, is the objection that it should not be possible to deduce an irreversible process from time symmetric dynamics. This puts the time reversal symmetry of (almost) all known low level… …
68free energy — Thermodynamics. 1. See Gibbs function. 2. See Helmholtz function. * * * Measure of the total combined energies within a system, derived from heats of transformation, disorder, and other forms of internal energy (e.g., electrostatic charges). A… …
69Melting-point depression — This article deals with melting/freezing point depression due to very small particle size. For depression due to the mixture of another compound, see freezing point depression. Melting point depression is a term referring to the phenomenon of… …
70Maxwell's demon — In the philosophy of thermal and statistical physics, Maxwell s demon is a thought experiment created by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell to show that the Second Law of Thermodynamics has only a statistical certainty. [1] It… …
