thermodynamically
- adverb
- /ˌθɜrməʊdaɪˈnæmɪkli/
- Specialized
- The UConn cogeneration plant makes all kinds of sense, thermodynamically and environmentally.
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Examples
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Most importantly, a fuel cell does not operate under ideal, thermodynamically reversible conditions.
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But it is not the thermodynamically stable form, which can be seen when chocolate is heated and then cooled.
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Therefore this reaction is thermodynamically close to neutral.
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So this is a thermodynamically very favourable reaction.
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I don't think it's thermodynamically possible to do what they're they're doing in the suits.
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A living being is, thermodynamically speaking, a highly improbable event—a very nonrandom way of organizing atoms.
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There is now evidence for a conjecture that the two "amorphs" of water ice are thermodynamically linked to two theorized fluid phases that merge at a critical point.
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The computed energy difference (1 kcal/mol) is rather small, and the important fact is that the interconversion is nearly thermodynamically neutral and easily takes place kinetically because of the small barrier.
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The chemical reaction is thermodynamically favorable, meaning it can occur spontaneously.
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In the study of energy systems, we learned that processes can be thermodynamically efficient or inefficient.
Surface Forms
Morphology
thermodynamically = thermodynamic (semi-transparent) = thermo + dynamic + ally
The adverb is formed regularly from the technical adjective 'thermodynamic', but the base belongs to specialized scientific vocabulary.
Etymology
Thermodynamically comes from thermo- meaning 'heat', as in thermometer, and dynamic meaning 'power' or 'force', as in dynamic meaning energetic. So, thermodynamically means 'in a way about heat and energy' and is used when we judge something by the rules that control heat and energy.