thermodynamic system
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Some thermodynamic processes, including isothermal and adiabatic processes, are reversible in theory; that is, both the thermodynamic system and the environment can be returned to their initial states.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
If you want to predict what will happen in a crowd when a tear gas grenade goes off, you can treat people as particles in a thermodynamic system.
From Scientific American • Jun. 28, 2013
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