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Carathéodory's principle Carathéodory's principle[‚kär·ə‚tā·ə′dȯr·ēz ′prin·sə·pəl] (thermodynamics) An expression of the second law of thermodynamics which says that in the neighborhood of any equilibrium state of a system, there are states which are not accessible by a reversible or irreversible adiabatic process. Also known as principle of inaccessibility. |