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Maxwell demon
noun
, Physics.
- a hypothetical agent or device of arbitrarily small mass that is considered to admit or block selectively the passage of individual molecules from one compartment to another according to their speed, constituting a violation of the second law of thermodynamics.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Maxwell demon1
First recorded in 1875–80; after J. C. Maxwell
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