(physics) The science of the conversions between heat and other forms of energy.

With regard to thermodynamics

thermodynamic

Of, or relating to the conversion of heat into other forms of energy. / (physics) Of, or relating to thermodynamics.

Thermodynamics that studies a thermodynamic system as an undivided whole, described by macrostate variables such as volume, pressure and temperature, instead of considering the thermodynamic system as an ensemble of moving molecules.

Thermodynamics that studies a thermodynamic system as an ensemble of moving molecules, considering the macroscopic temperature as an average kinetic energy of the microscopic molecules.

plural of thermodynamic temperature

(physics) A localized physical system consisting of interacting components, called degrees of freedom

(physics) A set of values (state variables) that together constitute a complete specification of the thermodynamic properties of a system.

(physics) the state of a system in which its energy distribution is such that all parts of the system have the same temperature and no heat flows