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  2. Dissipation - Wikipedia

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    In thermodynamics, dissipation is the result of an irreversible process that affects a thermodynamic system.In a dissipative process, energy (internal, bulk flow kinetic, or system potential) transforms from an initial form to a final form, where the capacity of the final form to do thermodynamic work is less than that of the initial form.

  3. Entropy (energy dispersal) - Wikipedia

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    The concept of 'dissipation of energy' was used in Lord Kelvin's 1852 article "On a Universal Tendency in Nature to the Dissipation of Mechanical Energy." [15] He distinguished between two types or "stores" of mechanical energy: "statical" and "dynamical." He discussed how these two types of energy can change from one form to the other during a ...

  4. Bioenergetics - Wikipedia

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    Bioenergetics is a field in biochemistry and cell biology that concerns energy flow through living systems. [1] This is an active area of biological research that includes the study of the transformation of energy in living organisms and the study of thousands of different cellular processes such as cellular respiration and the many other metabolic and enzymatic processes that lead to ...

  5. Tidal heating - Wikipedia

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    This energy gained by the object comes from its orbital energy and/or rotational energy, so over time in a two-body system, the initial elliptical orbit decays into a circular orbit (tidal circularization) and the rotational periods of the two bodies adjust towards matching the orbital period (tidal locking). Sustained tidal heating occurs when ...

  6. Fluctuation–dissipation theorem - Wikipedia

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    Drag dissipates kinetic energy, turning it into heat. The corresponding fluctuation is Brownian motion. An object in a fluid does not sit still, but rather moves around with a small and rapidly-changing velocity, as molecules in the fluid bump into it. Brownian motion converts heat energy into kinetic energy—the reverse of drag.

  7. Dissipative system - Wikipedia

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    The physical interpretation is that () is the energy stored in the system, whereas ((), ()) is the energy that is supplied to the system. This notion has a strong connection with Lyapunov stability , where the storage functions may play, under certain conditions of controllability and observability of the dynamical system, the role of Lyapunov ...

  8. Thermogenesis - Wikipedia

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    The low demands of thermogenesis mean that free fatty acids draw, for the most part, on lipolysis as the method of energy production. A comprehensive list of human and mouse genes regulating cold-induced thermogenesis (CIT) in living animals ( in vivo ) or tissue samples ( ex vivo ) has been assembled [ 15 ] and is available in CITGeneDB.

  9. GCSE Science - Wikipedia

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    Triple Award Science, commonly referred to as Triple Science, results in three separate GCSEs in Biology, Chemistry and Physics and provide the broadest coverage of the main three science subjects. The qualifications are offered by the five main awarding bodies in England; AQA , Edexcel , OCR , CIE and Eduqas .