Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun first_law_of_thermodynamics

1 sense of first law of thermodynamics

Sense 1
conservation of energy, law of conservation of energy, first law of thermodynamics -- (the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes)
       => conservation -- ((physics) the maintenance of a certain quantities unchanged during chemical reactions or physical transformations)
       => law of thermodynamics -- ((physics) a law governing the relations between states of energy in a closed system)