Definition
When a small amount of heat $dQ$ is received by a system whose thermodynamic temperature is $T$, the entropy of the system increases by $dQ/T$, provided that no irreversible change takes place in the system.
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Concept Information
IRI
https://vocab.sentie...uantity-kind/Entropy
Notation
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Status
Accepted