Meanings
nounthermodynamics (uncountable)
- uncountablenatural sciencesThe science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.
“3D photochemistry plays a huge role because it provides heating or cooling, which can affect the thermodynamics and perhaps the atmospheric composition of a planetary system,” Chen said.
2019 November 11, Ashley Strickland, “What makes a planet potentially habitable”, in CNN1 more example
The top-hatted “drinking bird,” once a fixture in science classrooms for demonstrating the basics of thermodynamics, is making a surprising comeback — as the inspiration for a new clean-energy generator that could one day power your watch and phone.
2024 March 14, Billy Stockwell, “The ‘drinking bird’ makes a comeback and could power your gadgets with clean energy”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰermos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷʰermós
- Ancient Greekθερμός (thermós)
- Englishthermo-
- Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
- Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
- Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
- Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
- Frenchdynamique
- Englishdynamic
- Englishdynamics
- Englishthermodynamics
From thermo- + dynamics. First attested in the 1850s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic دِينَامِيكَا حَرَارِيَّة
- دِينَامِيكَا حَرَارِيَّة (dīnāmīkā ḥarāriyya)science of heat-energy conversion
Bengali তাপগতিবিজ্ঞান
- তাপগতিবিজ্ঞান (tapogtibiggên)science of heat-energy conversion
Bulgarian термодинамика
- термодинамика (termodinamika)science of heat-energy conversion
Catalan termodinàmica
- termodinàmicascience of heat-energy conversion
Chinese Mandarin 熱力學 /热力学
- 熱力學 /热力学 (rèlìxué)science of heat-energy conversion
Czech termodynamika
- termodynamikascience of heat-energy conversion
Danish varmelære, termodynamik
- varmelærescience of heat-energy conversion
- termodynamikscience of heat-energy conversion
Dutch thermodynamica
- thermodynamicascience of heat-energy conversion
Estonian termodünaamika
- termodünaamikascience of heat-energy conversion
Finnish termodynamiikka, lämpöoppi
- termodynamiikkascience of heat-energy conversion
- lämpöoppiscience of heat-energy conversion
French thermodynamique
- thermodynamiquescience of heat-energy conversion
German Thermodynamik, Wärmelehre
- Thermodynamikscience of heat-energy conversion
- Wärmelehrescience of heat-energy conversion
Greek θερμοδυναμική
- θερμοδυναμική (thermodynamikí)science of heat-energy conversion
Hebrew תֶּרְמוֹדִינָמִיקָה
- תֶּרְמוֹדִינָמִיקָהscience of heat-energy conversion
Hindi ऊष्मागतिकी
- ऊष्मागतिकी (ūṣmāgtikī)science of heat-energy conversion
Hungarian hőtan, termodinamika
- hőtanscience of heat-energy conversion
- termodinamikascience of heat-energy conversion
Icelandic varmafræði
- varmafræðiscience of heat-energy conversion
Indonesian termodinamika
- termodinamikascience of heat-energy conversion
Irish teirmidinimic
- teirmidinimicscience of heat-energy conversion
Italian termodinamica
- termodinamicascience of heat-energy conversion
Japanese 熱力学
- 熱力学 (netsurikigaku)science of heat-energy conversion
Korean 열역학
- 열역학 (yeoryeokhak)science of heat-energy conversion
Latvian termodinamika
- termodinamikascience of heat-energy conversion
Lithuanian termodinamika
- termodinamikascience of heat-energy conversion
Malay kaji gerak haba, termodinamik
- kaji gerak habascience of heat-energy conversion
- termodinamikscience of heat-energy conversion
Norwegian Bokmål termodynamikk
- termodynamikkscience of heat-energy conversion
Polish termodynamika
- termodynamikascience of heat-energy conversion
Portuguese termodinâmica
- termodinâmicascience of heat-energy conversion
Romanian termodinamică
- termodinamicăscience of heat-energy conversion
Russian термодина́мика
- термодина́мика (termodinámika)science of heat-energy conversion
Slovak termodynamika
- termodynamikascience of heat-energy conversion
Spanish termodinámica
- termodinámicascience of heat-energy conversion
Swedish termodynamik, värmelära
- termodynamikscience of heat-energy conversion
- värmelärascience of heat-energy conversion
Tagalog initsigan
- initsiganscience of heat-energy conversion
Tamil வெப்ப இயக்கவியல்
- வெப்ப இயக்கவியல் (veppa iyakkaviyal)science of heat-energy conversion
Thai อุณหพลศาสตร์, เทอร์โมไดนามิกส์
- อุณหพลศาสตร์ (un-hà-pon-lá-sàat)science of heat-energy conversion
- เทอร์โมไดนามิกส์ (təə-moo-dai-naa-mìk)science of heat-energy conversion
Turkish termodinamik
- termodinamikscience of heat-energy conversion
Ukrainian термодина́міка
- термодина́міка (termodynámika)science of heat-energy conversion
Vietnamese nhiệt động học, nhiệt động lực học
- nhiệt động họcscience of heat-energy conversion
- nhiệt động lực họcscience of heat-energy conversion
Cite this entry
APA
thermodynamics. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermodynamics
MLA
“thermodynamics.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermodynamics. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thermodynamics,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thermodynamics.
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