thermodynamic
adjective
of or relating to thermodynamics.
thermodynamically
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a word derived from
thermodynamic.
Example Sentences
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At lower temperatures, converting CO2 into methanol is thermodynamically favorable.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
“There are places like the Persian Gulf, where we are already beginning to see these lethal combinations emerge, where it is thermodynamically impossible to sweat fast enough to stay cool,” Dr. Horton said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2020
In this particular case, diamonds are said to be thermodynamically unstable but kinetically stable under ambient conditions.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
Such rate predictions are based on extrapolations using classical nucleation theory1,2, which assumes that the structure of nanometre-sized ice crystallites corresponds to that of hexagonal ice, the thermodynamically stable form of bulk ice.
From Nature ● Nov. 7, 2017
The great source of waste is the dispersion of heat, uselessly, which should be applied to the production of work by its transformation, thermodynamically, into the latter form of energy.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
