n09489146
| type | n |
| lex_filenum | 18 |
| def | an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole |
| def | this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics |
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| Instance Hypernym | imaginary being, imaginary creature |
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| Instance Hyponym | imaginary being, imaginary creature |
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