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thermodynamic potential

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thermodynamic potential [¦thər·mō·dī′nam·ik pə′ten·chəl]
(thermodynamics)
One of several extensive quantities which are determined by the instantaneous state of a thermodynamic system, independent of its previous history, and which are at a minimum when the system is in thermodynamic equilibrium under specified conditions.


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Corresponding to stable states of equilibrium of BMS on macro-levels are minimums of the potential function, and minimums of some or other thermodynamic potential, on the micro-level.
 
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