isolated system
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The second law says that the total entropy of an isolated system generally increases over time.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Previous simulations had considered the solar system as an isolated system, a clockwork cosmos in which the main perturbations to planetary orbits were internal, resulting from asteroids.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024
At the heart of the second law of infodynamics is the concept of entropy – a measure of disorder, which always rises over time in an isolated system.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2023
The altimeter no longer just an isolated system that the pilot reads and interprets “In older generation airplanes, that was sort of an isolated system that the pilot would read and interpret,” he explained.
From The Verge ● Jan. 27, 2022
Slavery is not an isolated system, but is so mingled with the business of the world, that it derives facilities from the most innocent transactions.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.
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