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heat death

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables
heat death
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of a thermodynamic system having reached a maximum entropy; temperature is uniform throughout, and no energy is available to do work.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

heat deaths (plural)

Phrases

heat death of the universe

Frequently Paired Words

equilibrium

Questions

What does heat death mean?
The state of a thermodynamic system having reached a maximum entropy; temperature is uniform throughout, and no energy is available to do work.

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