| 单词 | Maxwell's demon |
| 释义 | Maxwell's demon (once / 2363863 pages) n WORD FAMILY Maxwell's demon n an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics Exp imaginary being, imaginary creature a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction |
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