Definition of "thermodynamic" [ther•mo•dy•nam•ic]

• Characteristic of or resulting from the conversion of heat into other forms of energy. (adjective)
• Of or relating to thermodynamics. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This is called the thermodynamic equilibrium thickness."
• "No. Sea ice eventually reaches what scientists call a thermodynamic equilibrium state."
• "It is then probable that the same would occur with every dissolved substance, but we do not need to recall the thermodynamic reasoning with which Van 't Hoff justified this generalization nor to make other measurements of the osmotic pressure: Arrhenius has indeed shown that every substance which, in solution, confirms the well-known Raoult laws through its freezing temperature and its vapour pressure, necessarily exerts through this very fact the pressure predicted by Van 't Hoff on every wall which halts it without halting the solvent."