thermodynamic

What it means

1. not comparableOf, or relating to the conversion of heat into other forms of energy.

   When calcium oxide is combined with CO2, it naturally forms calcium carbonate over time due to thermodynamic equilibrium, explains the researcher.

   2024 August 6, Ricardo Treviño, “Self-Healing Concrete Help Buildings Seal Themselves”, in TecScience, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2025

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   The locomotive is designed to give a high and sustained tractive effort at moderate speed on steep gradients. To attain this result, M. Chapelon, in experiments dsting back to 1940, aimed at improving the thermodynamic efficiency.

   1949 November and December, “Motive Power Developments in France”, in Railway Magazine, page 400

2. not comparablenatural sciencesOf, or relating to thermodynamics.

In a sentence

The locomotive is designed to give a high and sustained tractive effort at moderate speed on steep gradients. To attain this result, M. Chapelon, in experiments dsting back to 1940, aimed at improving the thermodynamic efficiency.

1949 November and December, “Motive Power Developments in France”, in Railway Magazine, page 400

Where it comes from

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
3. Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
4. Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
5. Englishthermo-
6. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
7. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
8. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
9. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
10. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
11. Frenchdynamique
12. Englishdynamic
13. Englishthermodynamic

From thermo- + dynamic.