名詞 thermodynamics:

1. the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy

1. British physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics.
   焦耳，詹姆斯·普雷斯科特1818－1889英國物理學(xué)家，為熱量機械理論奠定基礎(chǔ)，并發(fā)現(xiàn)了熱力學(xué)第一定律
2. Clearly, a refrigerator, which is a physical system must obey not only the first law(energy conservation) but the second law of thermodynamics as well.
   很明顯，冷凍機是一種物理系統(tǒng)，因此它不僅必須遵從第一定律(能量定恒), 也必須遵從熱力學(xué)的第二定律。
3. German physicist noted for his contributions to the understanding of thermodynamics.
   邁爾，尤里烏斯·羅伯特·馮1814－1878德國物理學(xué)家，為熱力學(xué)研究作出很大貢獻