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PROPRIETE EXTENSIVE [1 record]

Record 1 1999-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
DEF

A non inherent property of a system, such as volume or internal energy, that changes with the quantity of material in the system; the quantitative value equals the sum of the values of the property for the individual constituents.

CONT

Properties such as mass and volume are defined for the system as a whole, and called in thermodynamics extensive variables or extensive properties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
DEF

paramètre thermodynamique proportionnel à la taille du système (considéré comme homogène et en équilibre). (Ex. masse, volume, entropie, charge électrique.)

CONT

Les facteurs de capacités (...) sont des grandeurs dites additives, c'est-à-dire pouvant s'ajouter. Ce sont, par exemple, les surfaces, les volumes, la masse, l'entropie, la quantité d'électricité; tous facteurs qui dépendent de la quantité de matière du système considéré.

Spanish

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