thermal contact

noun

A state in which two or more systems can exchange thermal energy.

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nounthermal contact (uncountable)
  1. uncountablenatural sciencesA state in which two or more systems can exchange thermal energy.

    When objects are brought into thermal contact, the macroscopic properties may initially change but after some time no further changes will occur.

    2004, Bruno Linder, chapter 2, in Thermodynamics and Introductory Statistical Mechanics, →ISBN, page 13
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