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microcanonical

microcanonical adjective: describing any closed system of constant volume which is thermally isolated from its surroundings, and whose total energy is constant and is known.

Adjective

microcanonical (not comparable)

  1. Describing any closed system of constant volume which is thermally isolated from its surroundings, and whose total energy is constant and is known

Origin of microcanonical

From micro- + canonical.

Words formed from microcanonical

Questions about microcanonical

What does microcanonical mean?
Microcanonical means describing any closed system of constant volume which is thermally isolated from its surroundings, and whose total energy is constant and is known.
What part of speech is microcanonical?
Microcanonical is an adjective.

Words near microcanonical in the dictionary

  1. microcannula
  2. microcannulae
  3. microcannulas
  4. microcannulation
  5. microcannulations
  6. microcanonical
  7. microcanonically
  8. microcantilever
  9. microcantilevers
  10. microcap
  11. microcapillaries

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