Meanings
nounheat death (countable and uncountable, plural heat deaths)
plural heat deaths
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe state of a thermodynamic system having reached a maximum entropy; temperature is uniform throughout, and no energy is available to do work.
Translations
Bulgarian топлинна смърт
- топлинна смърт (toplinna smărt)state of a thermodynamic system
Catalan mort tèrmica
- mort tèrmicastate of a thermodynamic system
Chinese Mandarin 熱寂 /热寂
- 熱寂 /热寂 (rèjì)state of a thermodynamic system
Dutch hittedood
- hittedoodstate of a thermodynamic system
Finnish lämpökuolema
- lämpökuolemastate of a thermodynamic system
German Wärmetod
- Wärmetodstate of a thermodynamic system
Irish teasbhás
- teasbhásstate of a thermodynamic system
Japanese 熱的死
- 熱的死 (nettekishi)state of a thermodynamic system
Korean 열죽음, 열사
- 열죽음 (yeoljugeum)state of a thermodynamic system
- 열사 (yeolsa)state of a thermodynamic system
Lithuanian šilumi̇̀nė mirti̇̀s
- šilumi̇̀nė mirti̇̀sstate of a thermodynamic system
Polish śmierć cieplna
- śmierć cieplnastate of a thermodynamic system
Russian теплова́я смерть
- теплова́я смерть (teplovája smertʹ)state of a thermodynamic system
Spanish muerte calorífica, muerte calórica
- muerte caloríficastate of a thermodynamic system
- muerte calóricastate of a thermodynamic system
- muerte térmicastate of a thermodynamic system
Swedish värmedöden
- värmedödenstate of a thermodynamic system
Vietnamese cái chết nóng
- cái chết nóngstate of a thermodynamic system
Welsh gwastadrwydd gwres
- gwastadrwydd gwresstate of a thermodynamic system
Cite this entry
APA
heat death. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20death
MLA
“heat death.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20death. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heat death,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20death.
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