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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A physical system that does not interact with or receive input from other systems, especially one that obeys conservation laws.

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  • noun thermodynamics A system that can exchange heat and work, but not matter, with its surroundings.

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